All terms in this list:

Lenin: Leader of Bolsheviks

Trotsky: Nicknamed 'The Pen', leader of Red Army during Russian Civil War

Nicholas II: Tsar of Russia under March 1917

Rasputin: Mad monk who gained power and influence in Tsar's absence 1915-16

Kornilov: General who tried to stage coup against Provisional Government.

Kerensky: Was member of both Provisional Government and Petrograd Soviet after March Revolution. Became second leader of the Provisional Government

Kamenev: Bolshevik who was involved in October Revolution.

Prince Lvov: First Prime Minister of Provisional Government

Marie Spirodinova: Female socialist revolutionary who assassinated cruel Governor of Tambov

Alexandra Kollontai: a Russian Communist revolutionary, first as a member of the Mensheviks, then from 1914 on as a Bolshevik. In 1919 she became the first female government minister in Europe

Stolypin: Famous for his land reforms and neckties

Sovnakom: Name for the first Communist government set up after the October Revolution

April Theses: series of directives issued by the Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin upon his return to Petrograd in April 1917

Battle of Tannenberg: Big defeat for Russian Army in 1914

July Days: The July Days refers to events in 1917 that took place in Petrograd, Russia, when soldiers and industrial workers engaged in spontaneous demonstrations against the Russian Provisional Government. The Bolsheviks tried to provide leadership to the demonstra

Provisional Government: Group who ruled Russia immediately after the Tsar abdicated. Thrown out of power by the Bolsheviks in October 1917

Petrograd Soviet: Established in March 1917 after the February Revolution as the representative body of the city's workers. A rival to the Provisional Government

Order No. 1: The order instructed soldiers and sailors to obey their officers and the Provisional Government only if their orders did not contradict the decrees of the Petrograd Soviet. It also called on units to elect representatives to the Soviet and for each unit t

Romanov: Tsar's family surname. The dynasty had ruled Russia for centuries

Kolchak: Admiral who was a leader of the Whites in the Russian Civil War

Denikin: Formed the anti-Bolshevik Volunteer Army. A leader of the Whites.

Yudenich: In early October 1919, he launched his army against Petrograd

Cheka: Lenin's secret police

Okhrana: Tsar's secret police

Red Terror: Campaign by 'opponents' of Lenin launched by the Cheka after attempted assassination of Bolshevik leader

Kronstadt Mutiny: major unsuccessful uprising against the Bolsheviks in the later years of the Russian Civil War. Crushed by Trotsky's Red Army

War Communism: the economic and political system that existed in Soviet Russia during the Russian Civil War, from 1918 to 1921. Was adopted by the Bolsheviks with the aim of keeping towns and the Red Army supplied with weapons and food.

New Economic Policy: March 1921-1928. Replaced WAr Communism. Allowed small businesses to reopen for private profit while the state continued to control banks, foreign trade, and large industries

NEPmen: Businessmen and women in the young Soviet Union who took advantage of the opportunities for private trade and small-scale manufacturing created by the New Economic Policy (NEP).

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, 1918: A peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918, between Russia and Germany marking Russia's exit from World War I

Workers’ Opposition: A faction of the Russian Communist Party that emerged in 1920 that opposed Lenin's rule

Constituent Assembly: Was established in Russia in the wake of the October Revolution of 1917 to form a new constitution after the overthrow of the Russian Provisional Government. Lenin banned it when elections proved that the Bolsheviks were not the most popular party.