1917 rev

Question 1

traditional interpretation of rev

Answer 1

-WW1 main cause as w/o stress + upheaval war - russia could have developed into modern industrialised state

Question 2

revisionist interpretation of rev

Answer 2

longer term social economic problems more important in contributing to war

Question 3

when was Rasputin assassinated

Answer 3

1916 December

Question 4

when was Bloody Sunday commemoration demonstration

Answer 4

January 1917

Question 5

how many workers in Bloody Sunday demonstration

Answer 5

150,000 Petrograd workers

Question 6

when was strike in response to rations

Answer 6

feb 1917 - 100,00 workers on strike due to rationing bread

Question 7

how many men support Gen Khabalov In restoring order

Answer 7

150,000 men - almost all end up deserting

Question 8

evidence that Tsarist regime had lost control in Petrograd

Answer 8

February Keresnky ( SR + duma member) calls for Tsar abdication but nothing happens to him

Question 9

what did duma create in resigns to Tsar order to not Meet

Answer 9

‘Provisional commitee’

Question 10

who set up Petrograd soviet

Answer 10

Bolsehviks Mensheviks + SR - intend new gov

Question 11

when was dual authority started + what was it

Answer 11

feb 1917 - provisional gov + Petrograd soviet become new authority of Europe

Question 12

what happens to Nicholas train to Petrograd in February

Answer 12

diverted by revolutionary workers - doesn’t reach Petrograd

Question 13

when did Nicholas abdicate

Answer 13

2nd March 1917

Question 14

quote on rapidity in Tsar;s abdication

Answer 14

chamberlain ‘collapse autocracy one of most leaderless spontaneous + anonymous revolution of all times’ (e.g. Lenin exiled in Switzerland

Question 15

main factors as to why revolution succeeded

Answer 15

-highest ranks of army + nobility turn against Nicholas
-Nicholas accept ability to not rule - concerned for family
-war = weak ruler w. ineffective ministers

Question 16

what two bodies competed for power upon Nicholas leave

Answer 16

duma and soviet

Question 17

how many members did Petrograd soviet gain within a few days

Answer 17

3,000 members

Question 18

what was order number 1

Answer 18

soldiers only to accept orders from pro gov that soviet approved - provisional gov loses true power

Question 19

when did Lenin return from exile in Switzerland

Answer 19

April 1917 on a sealed train w/ German gov backing

Question 20

what was the April these

Answer 20

Lenin’s manifesto for bolsheviks

Question 21

what did Lenin thesis mention

Answer 21

-immeadiate end to war + no cooperation w/ provisional gov

Question 22

evidence of propaganda slogans in April tehses

Answer 22

peace bread land

Question 23

what did Kerensky join provisional government as

Answer 23

trudovik member (SR) became minister for war + became prime minister provisional gov

Question 24

what was the July Days

Answer 24

bolshevik attempt to seize power

Question 25

when were July Days

Answer 25

July 1917

Question 26

how many armed sailors demand soviet power in July days

Answer 26

20,000 at Kronstadt naval base

Question 27

result of July Days

Answer 27

bolsehviks go into hiding to avoid unrest - Lenin adopts ‘wait and see’ -

Question 28

where did arrest July days bolsheviks go to

Answer 28

Peter and Paul Fortress

Question 29

what was Kornilov Affair

Answer 29

Gen Kornilov threatens to send troops to Petrograd

Question 30

what did prov gov do in Kornilov Affair

Answer 30

-order no.1 = pro gov have no military power - prove gov arms left + releases bolsehvik from prison

Question 31

result of Kornilov Affair

Answer 31

Kornilov does not reach Petrograd - railway workers prevent Kornilov reaching city LEFT MILITARISED