Did the communist revolution change Russia in the 1920s? (p.

70-73)

Equality, the family and the role of women

 Some of the Bolsheviks first actions were to abolish ranks and titles and to declare _____________
for women
 They hoped to create an era of freedom in __________________________________________
 Alexandra Kollontai (a leading Bolshevik) said that sex should be as natural as __________________
______________________
 She headed a campaign to free women from the drudgery (hard work) of family life by setting up
___________________________________________
 Marriage and ________________ was made easy
 Despite this, the idea of family proved very resistant to change, with few workers and peasants
_________ ___________________________________
 Many did not agree _____________________________________
 Women did, however, gain __________________________________

Religion

 Religion, which Communists saw as a __________ to make people accept ___________________

___________________________ in the hope of a better afterlife, came under attack
 It was forbidden to ________________________________________________, and some churches
were taken over and ____________________________

Education

 The Communists put a lot of effort into education, building _____________ and making sure that
children ______________________________
 In an attempt to capture the minds of the young, the Communist Party set up the _____________,
or _______________________________, to encourage the growth of Communist ideas
 A massive ________________________________ was begun, with thousands of young activists
sent out to teach ______________________________________________

The agitprop boat

 Agitprop stands for ____________________________
____________________
 It was intended to explain the ideas of _____________ to
the people.

The arts

1. The Futurists were __________________________________________________________

2. They believed in art for ____________________, art with a _________________________