I. Russia was for the total war of World War I. A. was increasingly cut off from events by his wife. B. In March 1917, a series of strikes led by started in Petrograd. C. Nicholas ordered troops to break up crowds by if necessary. D. A socialist group, the , represented the radical interests of lower classes. II. The Bolsheviks were a party called the Russian Social Democrats. A. The Bolsheviks came under the leadership of V. I. . 1. The became a party dedicated to revolution. 2. 'Peace, , Bread' was one slogan of the Bolshevik program. B. On November 6, 1917, the Bolsheviks seized the . C. Real power stayed with the headed by Lenin III. Many people were to the Bolshevik, or Communist, regime. A. Allied forces gave to anticommunist forces. B. By 1920, major opposition to the Communists had by . C. On July 16, 1918, soviets Czar Nicholas and his family IV. Lenin and the Communists in the civil war. A. Leon Trotsky organized a well-disciplined . B. The Communists had a sense of purpose. C. Secret police began a aimed at crushing dissent.