Czar Nicholas II
Russian czar executed after World War I as a result of the revolution.
Grigori Rasputin
Russian mystic who influenced the royal family, claiming to have magical healing powers.
Alexander Kerensky
Political leader who was the Prime Minister of Russia's provisional government in 1917.
Vladimir Lenin
Russian Marxist who led the Bolsheviks and founded the U.S.S.R.
Lev Trotsky
Russian Marxist who was second to Lenin in the Bolsheviks, and was exiled to Siberia multiple times.
Alexandra
Wife of Nicholas II.
czardom
Belief of Alexandra.
experience
Item Nicholas II lacked, making him unready to become czar.
nationalist
Term describing political position of Nicholas II.
Westernization
Process to which Nicholas II was opposed.
military suggestion, loss of support
Reasons for the abdication Czar Nicholas II.
17 July 1918
Date of the royal family's execution.
healing powers
Magical qualities Rasputin claimed to have.
Bishop of Saratov
Person who introduced Rasputin to the royal family.
Alexei
Person Rasputin tried to heal and help.
influence over Alexandra
Reason for the people of Russia not trusting Rasputin.
drowning
Final cause of death for Rasputin, after being shot in the head and poisoned.
radical
Type of person that university students were considered to be.
Duma
Russia's government assembly.
Minister of Justice
Kerensky's first position in the Provisional Government of Russia.
Prime Minister of Russia
Kerensky's most prestigious temporary position in Russia.
moderate socialist
Term describing political position of Kerensky.
Karl Marx
Person who inspired Kerensky.
kept Russia in WWI; did not offer land to peasants
Two major errors Kerensky made.