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| In 1903, this group split into two groups over revolutionary tactics. | Russian Marxists |
| The ___________ wanted a broad base of popular support for the revolution | Mensheviks |
| The Bolsheviks | supported a small number of committed revolutionaries willing to sacrifice everything for a radical change. |
| On January 22, 1905 about how many workers and their families approached the Czar's Winter Palace in St. Petersburg and an elected national legislature. | 200,000 |
| Russians quickly named the event in St. Petersburg | The Bloody Sunday |
| In 1914 Nicholas II made the fateful decision to drag what country into World War I? | Russia |
| Russia's weak generals and poorly equipped troops were no match for the | German army. |
| German machine guns | mowed down advancing Russians by the thousands |
| As in the Russo-Japanese war, Russia's movement in World War I revealed the | weakness of Czarist rule and military leadership. |
| In 1915 Nicholas II moved his headquarters to the | war front |
| Nicholas II's wife, who ran the government while he was away | Czarnia Alexandria |
| Nicholas' wife ignored the | Czar's chief advisors |
| Nicholas' wife fell under the influence of the mysterious | Rasputin, a self-described "holyman" |
| The holyman claimed to have | magical healing powers |
| In 1916 a group of nobles | murdered Rasputin |
| The local protest forced Czar Nicholas II to | abdicate his throne |
| The Czarist rule of the Romanovs | spanned over three centuries |
| Angry peasants demanded | land |
| Social revolutionaries competing for power formed | Soviets |
| Soviets were | local councils consisting of workers, peasants, and soldiers. |
| In many cities, especially Pertograd | the Soviets had more influence than the provisional government |
| In March 1918, Russia and Germany | signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk |
| As part of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Russia surrendered a large chunk of its territory to | Germany and its allies |
| The Russians objected to the | Bolsheviks and their policies |
| Nicholas II created Russia's first Parliament | Duma |
| Lenin and what group recognized their opportunity to seize power and gained control of the Petrograd Soviet | Bolsheviks |
| Lenin's slogan | Peace, Land and Bread |
| Bolsheviks' group that was made of armed factory workers that styormed the Winter Palace in Petrograd | Red Guards |
| Bolshevik Revolution was over in | a matter of hours |
| The Red Guards took over the govenment offices | and arrested the leaders of the provisional government. |
