Russian Revolution Quiz

Bolsheviks: revolutionaries who plotted to overthrow the czar

Set up soviets: councils of workers and soldiers

Joseph Stalin → leader of the Soviet Union after Vladimir Lenin’s death (remember the Russian Revolution)

Transformed Soviet Union into major industrial and military power

Purges: Stalin arrested or executed anyone who opposed his rule

Gulags: Stalin sent opponents to labor camps →  many died due to the harsh conditions

Censorship: Stalin strictly controlled  spread of information → made sure everything favored him and his rule

5 Year Plans: Stalin set 5 year goals for industry and agriculture→  focus on military and heavy industry, not consumer goods→ anyone who did not meet goals was sent to the gulags

Collectivization: Land was seized (taken) from individual farmers→  forced farmers to work together on collective farms owned by the gov’t