1Matthew SternMr.SurianoPeriod 5Animal Farm Background ReportKarl MarxKarl Marx was born on May 5, 1818 and died on March 14, 1883. Marx was born in Trier, Germany. He was a philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist and revolutionary socialist. Marx wrote “The Communist Manifesto” and “Das Kapital”. On February 21, 1848, the “Communist Manifesto” was published. The book was about the problems of capitalism and class struggle. His book “Das Kapital” is a book that criticizes political economy. Karl Marx is famous for being the creator of communism. Tsar Nicholas IIA is an Emperor of Russia before 1917. Tsar Nicholas II's full name is Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov. Nikolai was born in Tsarskoye Selo, Russia. Nikolai was born on May 18, 1868 and died on July 17, 1918. The word abdicate means to leave one's position as king or queen or to give up the throne. Nikolai did not give up the throne by choice, he was forced by the Petrograd insurgents. Nikolai, his wife, and his five children were shot by the Ural Soviet.2Alexander KerenskyAlexander Kerensky was born on May 4, 1881, and died on June 11, 1970. Kerensky was from Ulyanovsk, Russia. After the fall of the Tsar, Kerensky became Prime Minister. Kerensky's government was called the Provisional Government (he was the prime minister of this government). Kerensky eventually abdicated and was no longer Prime Minister. Ultimately, Kerensky ended up going to New York City. Kerensky ended up teaching Russian politics and history. Vladimir LeninLenin was born in Ulyanovsk, Russia, on April 22, 1870. Lenin died on January 21, 1924, Gorki Leninskiye, Russia. Lenin's real full name is Vladimir Illych Ulyanov. Lenin changed his name because he was... middle of paper... people starving and starving, which was not good at all.TermsBolshevik - member of the majority faction of the Russian Socialist Democratic Party, which was renamed the Communist Party after taking power in the October Revolution of 1917. Mensheviks – a member of the non-Leninist wing of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party, opposed to the Bolsheviks and defeated by them after the overthrow of the Tsar in 1917.Russian Orthodox Church - The Eastern Orthodox Church which is under the leadership of the Patriarch of Russia and has autonomous branches in other countries.7Bourgeois - of or characteristic of the middle class, typically referring to its perceived materialistic values ​​or conventional attitudes. Proletariat - workers or members of the working class, considered collectively (often used with reference to Marxism).