1906-1917 Flashcards

1
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Inflation after the war

A

Average earnings doubled

Price of food & fuel quadrupled

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2
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Men taken from the countryside for war

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15 m

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3
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Troops killed or wounded 1914

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4,000,000

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4
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MILITARY - patriotic support for tsar + Russian army entered East Prussia and parts of Austro-Hungarian empire

A

August 1914

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5
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Russia captured Austro Hungarian Fortress town of Przemysl

A

September 1914

110,000 prisoners

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6
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M FAILURES : Battle of Tannenburg

A

1914

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7
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Casualties at battle of tannenburg

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30,000 casualties, 95,000 captured

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8
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Nicholas II assumed control of army

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September 1915

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9
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Brusilov Offensive

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August 1916

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10
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War Industries Committee

A

July 1915

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11
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Progressive bloc

A

236 out of 422 State Duma deputies

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12
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Inflation after war

A

200% August 1914 to December 1916

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13
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How much did Russia spend on war

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17,000 m roubles

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14
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Poor transportation led to how many wagons of food to the capital

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From 2,200 to 300 by 1916

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15
Q

International women’s day and putilov engineering led to how many protestors and when

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100,000 on the 23rd February

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16
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Order number 1

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Passed by all Russian soviet, troops can elect their own officers

17
Q

PG made links to soviet

A

6 members joined Pg including kerensky

18
Q

Peasants took over land by force PG 1917

A

700 complaints from land owners June 1917

19
Q

WW1 soviet conflicts with PG and publishes what and when

A

‘Address to the people of the whole world, declaring peace without annexations or indemnities’ (14 March 1917

20
Q

June offensive

A

16 June 1917

21
Q

June offensive led to

A

Mass desertions of 12,000 and the July days

22
Q

April theses where and when?

A

7th April Finland station

23
Q

Machine gunners from…. Sent to factories and military units when?

A

First Machine gun regiment , 3rd July 1917

24
Q

Workers and soldiers took over where? 1917

A

Peter and Paul fortress

25
Factory workers supported Bolshevik demonstrations, when and how many?!
50,000 ‍‍‍ on the 4th July outside Tauride palace
26
When did loyal troops arrest how many Bolsheviks at the Bolshevik HQ?
6th July, 500
27
Kornilov affair
August 1917
28
After Kornilov Affair Bolshevik party rose to ... Members
200,000 with 10,000 red guards
29
Lenin meets with central committee of Bolsheviks to convince them it was the right time to take power
10 October r
30
Lenin hands planning responsibility to this group to hide Bolshevik involvement
Military revolutionary committee
31
Of attempts to close two Bolshevik newspapers - Lenin goes to HQ to put plan into action
24 October 1917
32
MRC announces PG's downfall
25 October
33
3 decrees
Decree on land, peace decree and decree setting up new government - Sovnarkom
34
Brest-Litovsk
March 1918
35
How much lost in Brest-Litovsk
1/3 of population + half of industry
36
When were elections promised in 1917
November 1917
37
What was the result of elections November 1917
40% SRs and 24% Bolsheviks