| A | B |
| Russian Revolution | revolution that led to the establishment of the Soviet government |
| tsar | another name for emperor |
| strike | a refusal to work in protest of unfair treatment |
| communism | political & economic system where all land & business is controlled by government |
| totalitarism | dictator controls all aspects of people's lives |
| Alexandar II | Russian tsar who abolished serfdom in 1861 |
| Nicholar II | Last Russian tsar from 1894-1917 |
| Vladimir Llyich Lenin | Bolshevik leader and founder of the Soviet Union |
| Josef Stalin | Soviet revolutionary and dictator who ruled the Soviet Union from 1924-1953 |
| Russia | A country in eastern Europe and northern Asia |
| St. Petersburg | A Russian port city on the Baltic Sea |
| Moscow | The capital and largest city of Russia |
| Soviet Union | Name used for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |