aqa gcse history: tsardom & communism

aqa gcse history: tsardom &
communism
1905 - correct answerthe Revolution of 1905 occurs. Around 200 people are killed on Bloody Sunday.



1905 - correct answerTsar Nicholas II is forced to accept the October Manifesto allowing for a
parliament called the Duma.



1917 - correct answerThe Russian Revolution occurs. The Tsarist government is overthrown. The
communist Bolsheviks under Vladimir Lenin take control in the October Revolution.



1918 - correct answerTsar Nicholas II and his family are executed by the Bolsheviks. The "Red Terror"
begins as Lenin institutes communism. The Russian civil war erupts.



1921 - correct answerLenin announces his New Economic Policy.



1922 - correct answerthe Russian Civil War comes to an end. The Soviet Union is established.



1924 - correct answerLenin dies and Joseph Stalin becomes the new leader.



1934 - correct answerStalin's Great Purge begins. Stalin eliminates any opposition and up to 20 million
people are killed.



1942 - correct answerThe Russian army defeats the German army at the Battle of Stalingrad. This is the
major turning point in World War II.