Russian Revolution

Guided Notes:
Lesson 1
1) Does Communism still
exist today? _____________

2) If So, What countries? _________,_
_________, ___________,
____________, _____________
3) What is Oppression? _______________
_______________________________________
4) What city in China is dealing with
oppression? ______________________
_______________________________________
Social Classes of Russia

Peasants
Most peasants in Russia were
__________and lived a difficult
way of life
In the late 1800's most peasants
were ________
Serfs were servants who farmed
someone land for their own
livelihood (Serfs could not own
______& no ___________)
Most peasants in 1900's lived in
poverty and were heavily taxed
Peasants paid 6 times the tax of
the wealthy land owners
Made up almost ____% of the
population of Russia
Peasants had to live in close
quarter spaces with family
members
Winters were very harsh and
made it hard to farm
Why was life as a peasant difficult?
____________________________________
____________________________________
Intellectuals
Usually came from ________
They usually worked in the tsarist
government
Were a small class of _________
individuals who began to write
and talk about improving Russia
Some intellectuals were
influenced by ___________
_____________and industrialization
would bring wealth to Russia
Other intellectuals argued Russia
should keep its ________ roots and
focus on peasant farming for
economic wealth
By 1870's, intellectuals from the
middle class argued that the Tsar
and government exploited and
took advantage of the peasants
Marxist
Based off ideas off the ideas
of Karl Marx
Believed the lower class
would overthrow the upper
class (the tsar & nobles)
than create a ________ society
where everyone shared
wealth _________
Populist
Felt Russian peasants had
enough hatred towards
government that it would be
easy to start revolution
They went from village to village
organizing peasant __________
Generally, peasants weren't
interested in a __________ so
many Populist ended up in jail
What was the difference between
Marxist and Populist ideas?________
__________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
Czar Police Force
1881 the Czar Alexander III
succeed his father Alexander
II, and he resisted ________
and _________
Alexander III pushed for total
control of the Russian
government, and transformed
Russia into a ________ state
Anyone who was caught
talking or writing about
_____________ ideas were sent
to prison in __________
Later in 1900's some soldiers
would join the Marxist
revolutionaries
Russian Orthodox
________ has been the
dominate force in Russian
society
Similar as Catholic Church
they believe in sacred
rituals and saints
_________ were not
allowed to get married,
drink alcohol, or eat meat,
and they were well
respected members of the
community by doing
_________ work
Priest were not as
respected as monks in the
community, and priest in
the village did not make a
lot of money

Russian Czars
Nicholas II

Pushed for reform and
established _____________
______________in 1861 that
freed serfs from serfdom
Was ____________ the terrorist
organization "The People Will"


Alexander III

Son of Nicholas II and wanted
to create a __________state of
having the Czar have full
control of government
Alexander wanted to get
back at the revolutionist who
assassinated his father by
having ___________
government
Video Questions:

1) What reforms did Nicholas II
do?



2) What was significant about
the social class who tried
assassinating the Czar?





3) What was the name of the
terrorist organization that killed
the Czar?