The Russian Revolution Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• marxism: a set of ideas and beliefs that are dominant in society and are used to justify the power and privilege of the ruling class
• leninism: an ideology developed by vladimir lenin that proposed the establishment of a dictatorship of the proletariat led by a revolution
• czar: the ruler (emperor) of russia until the 1917 revolution
• karl marx: created the marxism ideology
• communism: an economic or political system in which the state or the community owns all property and the means of production
• bloody sunday: the massacre in st. petersburg russia of peaceful protesters who marched to present a list of demands to the czar
• civil liberties: personal freedoms that are protected by law from the actions of a government
• bolsheviks: majority of the population
• mensheviks: minority of the population
• nicholas: czar _ ii - known in russian orthadox church as st. nicholas and was the last emperor of russia ruling from nov. 1894 to march 15, 1917.
• alexander: czar _ ii - emperor of russia from march 1855 to his assasination in 1881. known as alexander the liberator
• socialism: a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole; similar to communism
• bankrupt: declared in law unable to pay outstanding debts
• intelligentsia: intellectuals or highly educated people as a group, especially when regarded as possessing culture and political influence.
• reformers: someone who makes change to something to improve it
• autocracy: a system of government with one person with absolute power
• vladimir lenin: a russian politician, served as the first and founding head of government of soviet russia from 1917 to 1924 and of the soviet union from 1922 to 1924
• duma members: the middle class which included landowners, merchants, and peasants
• peasant communes: self-government amongst russian peasants