Chapter 1 - Condition of Russia pre-Revolution

Wages were less than _____ of european wages

a third

Trading impacts of WW1 meant that the USSR lost _____ their largest trading partner and access to _____ markets

• Germany

• Scandinavian

Prohibition was introduced in ___ ____, and resutled in the gov losing __% of state income

• Sept 1914

• 25%

Battle of Tannenberg ___ (___) led to ________ russian casulties, and wiped out most of Russia’s officer class.

• August 1914

• 300,000

When did Tsar Nicholas appoint himself as ‘supreme commander of the armed forces’?

Sept 1915

Conditions of WW1

• -35*

• 2 rifles per 3 soldiers

• Lack of commanding officers

• Badly supplied - clothing + arms

• Calories reduced from 4,000/day - 2,000

From 1915-16, how many PMs were there?

4

Ministers 1915-16 included _ Foreign Secretaries, _ defense ministers and _ ministers of the interior

• 3

• 3

• 6

In (___), Guchkov, representing the progressive block, engaged in talks with senior ____ ____ about a potential coup

• 1916

• army officers

In January 1917, ____ _____ engaged in talks with ____ ___ _____ about a potential overthrow of Tsar Nicholas

• Prince Lvov

• Grand Duke Nicholas

By Feb 1917, inflation had reached ___%

200%

Cost of Living by Feb 1917 had increaced by ___%

+300%

% of pop involved strikes in 1914

25%

% of pop involved strikes in 1917

80%

In Jan 1917, ____ people were on strike in Petrograd and ____ in Moscow

• 145,000

• 30,000