Communism in Russia (Leaving Cert History): Flashcards
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Dictatorship
Dictatorship
Single person/small group holds absolute power
Historical dictators mentioned
Historical dictators mentioned
Adolf Hitler (Germany), Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union)
Democracy
Democracy
Power vested in people, rule via elected representatives
Lenin's birth year
Lenin's birth year
1870
Lenin's real name
Lenin's real name
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
Bolshevik party structure
Bolshevik party structure
Small, disciplined party of professional revolutionaries
Year of Bolshevik-Menshevik split
Year of Bolshevik-Menshevik split
1903
Lenin's April Theses slogan
Lenin's April Theses slogan
Peace, Land, and Bread
Date October Revolution began
Date October Revolution began
October 25, 1917
Red Guards
Red Guards
Armed workers
Where Lenin directed October Revolution from
Where Lenin directed October Revolution from
Smolny Institute
New government after October Revolution
New government after October Revolution
Council of People's Commissars
Treaty withdrawing Russia from WWI
Treaty withdrawing Russia from WWI
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
When Lenin returned to Russia
When Lenin returned to Russia
April 1917
February Revolution 1917 outcome
February Revolution 1917 outcome
Tsar Nicholas II abdicated, Provisional Gov't established