Russian Revolution and Animal Farm Concepts

Flashcards covering key concepts from the Russian Revolution and their representation in Animal Farm.

The pogroms that occurred in the late 19th-century Russia violently attacked _.

Jewish communities.

The _ were radical Russian Marxist revolutionaries.

Bolsheviks

The ____ were local councils under Russia's provisional government.

Soviets

A state in which the government controls every aspect of public and private life is a ___ state.

totalitarian

The purpose of the Soviet state's Five-Year Plans was _ development.

economic

News of repeated losses in the Russo-Japanese war sparked unrest and led to revolt and showed the czar's ___.

incompetence

Immediately following the Bolshevik Revolution factory control returned to the workers, farmland was distributed among the peasants, and a truce was signed with ___.

Germany

Under Stalin's rule ____ and _____ revolutions were started as a way to improve the Soviet Union's economy.

industrial, agricultural

__ as a leading Communist who opposed Stalin and was forced into exile and later assassinated.

Leon Trotsky

World War I revealed the _ of the czarist rule and military leadership bringing revolution.

weaknesses

The Great Purge, the Five-Year Plans, and the collectivization of Agriculture were all part of the transformation of the Soviet Union into a ____ state.

totalitarian

Under Joseph Stalin's _ economy system, all economic decisions were made by government officials.

command

The Soviet government decided to eliminate kulaks because of their strong resistance to _ farming.

collective

Rapid industrial growth, a stronger national defense, and the modernization of the Soviet economy were goals of the _ plans.

Five-Year

The Great Purge was a campaign to eliminate ____ to Stalin’s power.

opposition.

Farmer Jones symbolizes ___ in Animal Farm.

the Czar or Czarist regime.

Old Major symbolizes ___ in Animal Farm.

Karl Marx.

Napoleon symbolizes ___ in Animal Farm.

Joseph Stalin.

Snowball symbolizes ___ in Animal Farm.

Leon Trotsky.

The Pigs symbolize ___ in Animal Farm.

the ruling elite or Communist Party.

The Dogs symbolize ___ in Animal Farm.

the secret police or enforcers.

The Windmill symbolizes ___ in Animal Farm.

industrial progress and the Soviet Five-Year Plans.

The chasing away of Snowball symbolizes ___ in Animal Farm.

the consolidation of power and the removal of opposition.