Russian Revolution and Civil War

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  1. 4. 1917 revolt that led to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II
  2. 5. Leader of the Bolsheviks and the first head of Soviet Russia
  3. 6. Period of fear in the U.S. about communist infiltration, influenced by Soviet efforts
  4. 10. Economic Policy (NEP) – Lenin’s policy allowing some private businesses to help the Soviet economy recover
  5. 11. Bolshevik secret police used to suppress opposition
  6. 13. 1918 treaty in which Russia exited World War I, losing territory to Germany
  7. 14. Soviet organization created to promote communist revolutions worldwide
  8. 16. Revolutionary socialist group led by Lenin that seized power in 1917
  9. 18. Temporary government established after the fall of the Tsar in 1917
  10. 19. Wealthy peasants who were targeted under Soviet policies
  11. 20. Last emperor of Russia, executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918
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  1. 1. Anti-Bolshevik forces, supported by Western nations during the Russian Civil War
  2. 2. 1917 uprising in which the Bolsheviks overthrew the Provisional Government
  3. 3. Military force of the Bolsheviks, led by Leon Trotsky
  4. 7. Stalin’s economic programs aimed at rapid industrialization
  5. 8. Stalin’s campaign of political repression, arrests, and executions
  6. 9. Moderate socialist faction opposed to the Bolsheviks
  7. 12. Economic policy during the Civil War, involving state control of industry and food
  8. 15. Bolshevik leader, founder of the Red Army, and key figure in the Russian Revolution
  9. 17. Lenin’s successor who transformed the USSR into a totalitarian state