1Matthew SternM.SurianoPeriod 5Animal Farm Basic 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 “Capital”. The Communist Manifesto was published on February 21, 1848. The book spoke 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 II was 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 abandon the throne. Nicholas did not abandon the throne by choice: he was forced by the insurgents in Petrograd. Nikolai, his wife and 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 is no longer prime minister. Eventually, Kerensky ended up traveling to New York. Kerensky ended up teaching Russian politics and history. Vladimir Lenin Lenin was born in Ulyanovsk, Russia on April 22, 1870. Lenin died on January 21, 1924 in Gorki Leninskiye, Russia. Lenin's real name is Vladimir Illysh Ulyanov. Lenin changed his name because he was... in the middle of a newspaper... people were starving and starving, which was not good at all. Terms Bolshevik – member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party, renamed the Communist Party after seizing power in the October Revolution of 1917. Mensheviks – 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 – Eastern Orthodox Church which is under the leadership of the Patriarch of Russia and has autonomous branches in other countries.7Bourgeois – or characteristic of the middle class , usually in reference to one's perceived materialistic values ​​or conventional attitudes. Proletariat – workers or members of the working class, considered collectively (often used in reference to Marxism).