Question

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reading comprehension find the name or term in the second column that best matches the description in the first column. then write the letter of your answer(s) in the blank.

1. czar who turned russia into a police state
2. under russian marxism, the group of workers who would rule the country
3. radical marxist group willing to sacrifice everything for change
4. main leader of the bolsheviks
5. another name for the revolution of 1905 in st. petersburg
6. alleged healer who czarina alexandra allowed to make decisions in nicholas iis absence
7. another term for temporary government
8. in russia, local councils consisting of workers, peasants, and soldiers
9. revolutionary leader who commanded the bolshevik red army
10. new name for the bolsheviks after the revolution

a. bloody sunday
b. bolsheviks
c. provisional government
d. soviets
e. leon trotsky
f. lenin
g. communist party
h. alexander iii
i. rasputin
j. proletariat

Explanation:

1. Alexander III was a czar who took steps to turn Russia into a more repressive state.
2. The proletariat were the workers who, under Russian Marxism, were to rule the country.
3. The Bolsheviks were a radical Marxist group willing to sacrifice for change.
4. Lenin was the main leader of the Bolsheviks.
5. Bloody Sunday is another name for the 1905 revolution in St. Petersburg.
6. Rasputin was the alleged healer allowed decision - making power by Czarina Alexandra.
7. Provisional government is another term for temporary government.
8. Soviets were local councils of workers, peasants, and soldiers in Russia.
9. Leon Trotsky commanded the Bolshevik Red Army.
10. The Bolsheviks became the Communist Party after the revolution.

Answer:

1. H. Alexander III
2. J. proletariat
3. B. Bolsheviks
4. F. Lenin
5. A. Bloody Sunday
6. I. Rasputin
7. C. provisional government
8. D. Soviets
9. E. Leon Trotsky
10. G. Communist Party