| A | B |
|---|
| mobilization | the movement of troops and machinery in a threatening manner |
| trench warfare | fighting from dugouts for defense |
| total war | a complete military involvement of most countries |
| nicholas II | czar or king of russia who led a poorly trained and equipped army |
| alexandra | Russian queen who ran country when king was at war |
| Rasputin | queen's advisor who controlled govt through her; escped death many times |
| march revolution | peasant women protesting lack of bread and long hours working |
| Duma | the russian congress |
| soviets | peasants and workers who began the revolution |
| Bolsheviks | Russian Socialists led by Lenin |
| 1917 | overthrow of royalty beginning of revolution |
| communists | what Bolsheviks named themselves |
| treaty of Brest-Litovsk | Lenin gave away Baltic states,Finland, Poland to Germany |
| Trotsky | man who made the russian army a well disciplined fighting machine. |
| "reds" | communists |
| "white army" | anti-communists who supported royalty |
