Nicholas II - The czar in power during the Russian Revolutions, he had continued the autocratic

government which had been in place for so long. This combined with all the events that had
happened previously lead to the revolutions had his death.

Rasputin- He was a faith healer and a mystic. After seemingly curing the czars son of
hemophilia, he won the trust of the royal family. he had an influence on the czars wife and thus
had some control on what was done. he was assassinated through the use of poison, gunshots,
and finally drowning.

Industrialization- Nicholas raised taxes to increase industrialization, and caused outrage. This
cause outrage in the workers and they wanted change.

Bolsheviks- The more radical of the groups that sought to overthrow the government, and would
do so through any means.

Mensheviks- The less extreme group that sought to overthrow the government though the
support of all the people before attempting to overthrow the government.

Lenin- He was the leader of the Bolshevik party. He was a ruthless man that would do almost
anything to destroy the current government.

Russo-Japanese War- The war was caused by Russia breaking agreements over land in
Manchuria and Korea. Russia had lost the war and lost the land that they had, causing outrage
in the people.

Bloody Sunday- Unarmed people that wanted reform marched on the winter palace, the czars
palace, with a petition for change. as they approached, soldiers opened fire and killed hundreds
and wounded even more.

Revolution of 1905- The two above events caused the people of the nation to want change.
Nicholas the second then formed a Duma in order to quell the rebellions. The members of the
Duma wanted reform, and thus the Duma was disbanded after 10 weeks.

WWI- The Russians were drug into WWI by Nicholas, and over 4 million Russians had died in
the battles. Prices on everything were rising due to the war. This caused outrage in all the
people, and more people wanted reforms.

March revolution- 200,000 workers within a single city had began to revolt, and at first soldiers
followed orders to shoot any protesters, but eventually many of them sided with the rioters. This
Riot had gotten to Nicholas, and he stepped down from the role as czar. A provisional
government was put in place. This government failed due to Alexander Kerensky continuing
Russias involvement in the WWI. The people grew tired of the Russias involvement, and
sought reform again.
Soviets- local workers that controlled the people and were more influential than the government
in many areas.

November Revolution- Bolshevik revolution- The Bolsheviks stormed the winter palace and took
over the government and distributed land between peasants.

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk- Russia had to give up much of its land in order to stop the fighting
between them.

Trotsky- the leader of the red army during the Russian Civil war.

The White Army- an army that was made up of many of the different groups that did not get
along with one another, and this had lead to disorganization.

The Red Army- the army that Lenin had created to suppress the ones who did not want Lenins
rule.

problems- many millions of people had died in this conflict and what followed

Results- the Red army had destroyed all other opposition, and thus caused the new rule to be
absolute.

Lenin gave the new Russia the United Soviet States of Russia.