Russian Revolution Crossword

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  1. 2. A council of workers and soldiers that gained political power during the revolution.
  2. 5. The Bolshevik-led uprising in 1917 that established communist rule.
  3. 7. The middle/upper class, often seen as oppressors of the proletariat in Marxist theory.
  4. 8. The ruler of Russia before the revolution, with absolute power.
  5. 10. The Russian legislature, created to advise the czar but later played a key role in his abdication.
  6. 12. Lenin’s adaptation of Marxism, emphasizing a professional revolutionary party.
  7. 16. A system in which the state has total control over all aspects of life, as later seen under Stalin.
  8. 19. The working class, central to Marxist ideology and the revolution.
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  1. 1. The Bolshevik policy of government control over the economy during the Russian Civil War.
  2. 3. The communist state established in 1922 after the Bolsheviks’ victory.
  3. 4. Leader of the Bolsheviks and first head of Soviet Russia.
  4. 6. Government The temporary government that took control after Nicholas II abdicated.
  5. 8. A supporter of the system in which the government controls production and wealth distribution.
  6. 9. The Bolshevik military force during the Russian Civil War.
  7. 11. A radical socialist group led by Lenin that took power in 1917.
  8. 13. A group opposing the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War, including monarchists and reformists.
  9. 14. The political and economic theory of Karl Marx that influenced the Russian Revolution.
  10. 15. The last czar of Russia, overthrown in 1917.
  11. 17. A government in which one person holds absolute power, as in the czarist system.
  12. 18. A more moderate socialist faction that opposed the Bolsheviks.