| A | B |
|---|
| Strike | Refusal to work |
| Alexander II | Tsar who abolished serfdom |
| Stalin | Began a rule of terror in the Soviet Union where people were executed or sent to Siberia for not following his ideas |
| Tsar | Person at the top of Russia's social pyramid; also, a term for emperor |
| Vladimir Ilyich Lenin | Russian lawyer who led the Bolsheviks |
| St. Petersburg | Russia's first capital |
| Totalitarian | Type of rule where the government controls all aspects of people's lives |
| Communism | A political and economic system in which all land and all businesses are controlled by government |
| Nicholas II | Russia's last tsar |
| Moscow | Bolsheviks moved the capital of Russia south to this ancient city |
| Josef Stalin | Soviet revolutionary and dictator who ruled the Soviet Union from 1924 - 1953 |
| U.S.S.R | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| Duma | Name of the Parliament that shared power with Nicholas II |
| Anastasia | Daughter of Nicholas II |
| Siberia | Cold steppe in northern Russia where people were sent if they displeased the government |
| Bolsheviks | Political group led by Lenin |
| Command economy | Economy completely controlled by government |
| 15 million | Stalin had this many people killed or sent to Siberia |
| Stalin had people killed or sent to Siberia for: | Worshipping, teaching, writing to friends in another country, or if your farm did not produce enough food |
| Changes made in Russia due to communism: | Private property outlawed and churches closed |
