 From 1613-1917, Russia was a _____________________and ______________________________.
 Russia was ruled by the ___________________________________ family.
 The ________________ was the ruler with absolute power.
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 The people of Russia were mostly working class or _________________________.
 lower class
 little pay and little food
 had few if any __________________________
 lives were very _________________________
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 Russia entered ________________ in 1914.
 Tsar Nicholas II forced the _____________________________________ and ________________ to join the army.
 There were many problems with this:
o Russians were not trained to ________________.
o Russians were often sent to battles without ______________________, _____________________, or ___________________________.
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 What happened as a result?
o Approximately ________________ Russians were killed in battle.
o Approximately 5 million Russians were ________________.
o Russian citizens did not have enough ________________________________ or _________________________ to keep warm.
o Russians were NOT ________________ . ☹
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 In early ________________, the Russian _____________________________began.
 Russians blamed ________________________________________.
 Protests were held àTsar Nicholas II send his ________________ to end the riots à Instead of ending the riots, his soldiers __________________________________________against the tsar.
 Tsar Nicholas II ___________________________ his throne on ______________________________.
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 Seven months later in October, ________________________________ led the communist Bolshevik Party in the Bolshevik ____________________________________.
 _____________________________________ is a political economic system where the government owns all businesses and farms.




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 Lenin and his ______________________________________ Party took total control of the Russian government.
 After Lenin came to power:
o Tsar Nicholas II and his family were ________________________.
o Lenin made himself _____________________________________.
o Lenin signed a peace treaty with _______________________ to withdraw from ________________.
o Russia lost land rich in _____________________________________________ and farming to Germany.
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 ___________________________ was no longer a country.
 Lenin established the ________________________________ in 1922, as the world’s first ________________________________ country.
 The Soviet people would ____________________