Russia
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
R
s
u
i
n
Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II
2.
N
i
o
a
s
A bishop in Asia Minor who is associated with Santa Claus
3.
C
o
m
m
n
m
A political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society
5.
S
o
i
e
An elected governmental council in a communist country
6.
B
s
h
e
v
k
Emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
7.
L
n
i
Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR
8.
S
a
l
i
Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state
9.
M
o
n
h
y
An autocracy governed by a ___ who usually inherits the authority
10.
D
t
a
t
r
s
h
p
A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute ___
11.
K
r
M
a
r
Founder of modern communism
12.
C
o
m
m
i
s
t
M
f
e
t
o
A socialist ___ written by Marx and Engels describing the history of the working-class
13.
P
e
r
g
r
a
A city in the European part of Russia
14.
T
a
r
A male monarch or emperor
15.
M
s
c
w
A city of central European Russia