HISTORY factual recall questions

In 1905, what percentage of the Russian population were peasants?

82% OR 80%+

What was the capital of Russia in 1905?

St Petersburg

What was the date of the Bloody Sunday Massacre, and how many protestors died?

9 Jan 1905, 100+

What was the date of the Potemkin Mutiny, and who led it?

14 June 1905, Matyushenko

What caused the Potemkin Mutiny (and the Lena Goldfield strikes too)

Maggoty food

What was the membership of the St Petersburg Soviet, Oct-Dec 1905?

400 OR rising to 560 OR 6 members were women OR represented 200,000+ workers

What were the promises of the October Manifesto (4 freedoms and 1 right to do something)?

Freedom's of conscience, speech, assembly, and association, right to vote for the Duma

Which laws allowed the Tsar to go back on his October Manifesto promises, and when did he pass them?

Fundamental Laws, April 1906

How much did Pyotr Stolypin reduce the number of strikes in his time of Prime Minister (1906-11)?

13,995 a year to 222 a year

What was the date of the Lena Goldfield Massacre, and how many strikers died?

17 April 1912, 250+

How many soldiers had Russia lost by mid-September 1914?

Over 250,000

What did the capital change it's name to in 1914?

Petrograd

When did the Tsar go to the front line and take direct charge of the war?

September 1915

What was the name of the Tsar’s beardy wizard friend, and when was he murdered?

Rasputin, 16 Dec 1916

How many casualties did Russia suffer in World War 1 in total?

9.15 million

23 Feb 1917- what provided an excuse for protests and led to the February Revolution?

International Women's Day

What group (re)formed in the capital in February 1917 to speak for workers and peasants?

Petrograd Soviet

What was the date of the Tsar's abdication?

2 March 1917

After the Tsar's abdication, who became the official government of Russia?

The Provisional Government

Which Russian politician was a member of both of Russia's rival authorities?

Kerensky

What did Lenin use to gain popularity (title & three word slogan)?

April Theses-Peace, Land, Bread

What became public in April 1917, costing the Provisional Government support?

Russia continuing the war

What is the name of the Bolshevik attempt to seize power following the June Offensive?

The July Days

Who tried to overthrow the Provisional Government in August 1917?

General Kornilov

Who left the October Revolution on the ground?

Trotsky

Name the Bolshevik battleship in the October Revolution.

Aurora

What building did the Bolsheviks storm to seize power?

The Winter Palace

Who guarded the building (three groups)?

Women's Death Battalion, 3rd Bicycle Division, Cadets

Who made the film of the October Revolution?

Sergei Eisenstein

What did the October Revolution NOT prevent?

November Constituent Assembly election

What was the name of the new government formed by Lenin after the October Revolution?

Sovnarkom

Give two decrees issued by the Bolsheviks in November and December 1917.

Any two of: Peace, Land, Work, Unemployment, Workers’ Control, Banking, Marriage, Press, Cheka

What was the name of the Bolshevik secret police, set up in December 1917?

Cheka

Who won the Constituent Assembly Elections?

Socialist Revolutionaries

What treaty pulled Russia out of World War 1?

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Give three things Russia lost in the treaty that signed with Germany.

Any three of: 50 million people, 27% farming land, 26% railways, 74% iron and coal production, 1 million square km of territory, 3 billion roubles

Who led the Red Army in the Civil War?

Trotsky

Who were the Greens in the Civil War?

Nationalists-e.g. Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian Nationalist

Who were the White Generals in the Civil War?

Kolchak, Denekin, Yudenich

When did the Civil War end?

November 1920

Give three details of the policy of War Communism.

Got rid of currency, nationalised all industry, allowed government to take food to keep the army supplied

How did the policy of War Communism affect grain production 1917-1919?

30 million poods to 105 million poods

How many died in the famine caused by War Communism?

5 million+

How far had industrial production in Russia fallen by 1921?

One seventh of the 1913 level

What event caused Lenin to change his mind about War Communism?

Kronstadt Mutiny

What new currency was introduced during the NEP?

Rouble

What were the people called who benefited from the NEP (cities and countryside)?

NEPmen/NEPwomen and Kulaks

When did industrial production in Russia recover to the 1913 level?

1926

When did Lenin die?

21 January 1924

How many mourners attended Lenin’s funeral?

Over 1 million