Starter quiz
- How many revolutions occurred in Russia in 1917?
- one
- two ✓
- three
- four
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- Who was the leader of the Bolshevik Party?
- Karl Marx
- Tsar Nicholas II
- Vladimir Lenin ✓
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- Write the missing word. The Bolsheviks had little impact on the February Revolution because many of its leaders were in ...
- 'exile' ✓
- Write the missing word. In 1918, the Bolsheviks agreed to sign the ______ of Brest-Litovsk.
- 'Treaty' ✓
- Which statement is most accurate?
- the Bolsheviks supported Russia's participation in WWI
- the Bolsheviks had no opinion on Russia's participation in WWI
- the Bolsheviks opposed Russia's participation in WWI ✓
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- Which statement is most accurate?
- the Bolsheviks strengthened Russians' political freedoms
- the Bolsheviks restricted Russians' political freedoms ✓
- the Bolsheviks did not change Russians' political freedoms
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Exit quiz
- Match up each keyword with its correct definition.
- civil war⇔a conflict between people from the same country ✓
- minorities⇔small groups within a country who differ from the majority ✓
- requisitioning⇔an act which involves officials taking something from others ✓
- Match up each group which fought in the Russian Civil War with its correct description.
- foreign powers⇔Britain, France, the USA and Japan ✓
- Greens⇔national minorities from the Russian Empire ✓
- Reds⇔Bolsheviks and their supporters ✓
- Whites⇔Russian opponents of Bolsheviks ✓
- Which of the following led to the deaths of 7 000 000 Russians?
- foreign powers fighting in the Russian Civil War
- the Red Terror
- War Communism ✓
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- Why did the Reds requisition grain during the Civil War?
- punish their enemies
- make money
- feed the Red Army ✓
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- Who were the Cheka?
- Bolshevik secret police ✓
- Bolshevik opponents
- Bolshevik army
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔October Revolution occurs in Russia
- 2⇔Bolsheviks sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
- 3⇔British, French, Americana nd Japanese armies land in Russia
- 4⇔White armies nearly take Petrograd and Moscow from the Reds
- 5⇔Major White army under general Semenov defeated by the Reds
- 6⇔Reds reconquer both Ukraine and Georgia
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Key learning points
- There was a civil war in Russia between 1918 and 1921.
- The Russian Civil War mainly involved fighting between the Reds and the Whites.
- Other groups such as national minorities (the Greens) and foreign powers also fought the Reds in the Russian Civil War.
- Methods such as War Communism and the Red Terror helped the Reds to win the Civil War.
- War Communism and the Red Terror led to the deaths of many ordinary Russians.
Common misconception
People only died in the Russian Civil War as a direct result of the fighting.
Millions of ordinary Russians died as a result of methods like the Red Terror and War Communism used by the Reds during the war.
Keywords
Civil war - a civil war is a conflict between people from the same country
Minorities - minorities are small groups of people within a country who differ from the main population in race, religion, culture or language
Requisitioning - requisitioning is an act which involves officials taking something from others
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