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1917 Revolution Flashcards

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1
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What happened on international women’s day

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Women marched petrograd streets to protest queues for food

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How many men were encouraged to join the marches on women’s day

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90,000

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What happened when the tsar ordered the army to shoot the protesters again

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They refused and joined the protesters

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Who formed the provisional government

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12 members of the duma

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When did the provisional government intend to rule until

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Until the duma could have elections and elect a new party

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Who reformed the petrgrad soviets

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Workers representatives

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7
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What happened when the tsar tried to return to petrograd

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Soldiers stopped his train

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What did the tsar sign when he realized he had no supporters

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The decree of abdication

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9
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Who was the throne passed to

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The tsars brother grand Duke Michael but he abdicated 24 hours later

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Who ran the provisional government

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Prince lvov

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11
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Who was in the provisional government and the petrograd soviets

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Kerensky

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12
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What was order number one

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Gave the petrograd soviets control of the army

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13
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Why did WW1 make the provisional government increasingly unpopular

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60000 Russians died and soldiers started leaving. Food and fuel shortages continued

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Why were the peasants annoying the provisional government with land

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They were taking land off the nobility which was illegal

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What was lenins speech called and who did he deliver it to

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April thesis and the bolsheviks

Very popular

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16
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What was said in lenins speech

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He promised people peace,bread land and bread

17
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Describe what the purpose of the July days was

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Soldiers went to petrograd to meet the bolsheviks to demand an end to the provisional government

18
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How many people rioted in the July days

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100,000

19
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How long did the July days last

A

3 days

20
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How many were killed during the July days riots

A

400

21
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What was lenin forced to do after the July days riots

A

Flee to Finland

22
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Who replaced lvov as prime minister

A

Kerensky

23
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When was the kornilov plot

A

September 1917

24
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What was the kornilov plot

A

Kornilov attempted to overthrow the provisional government

25
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Who was kornilov

A

Commander in chief of the army

26
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Why did kornilov attempt to overthrow the government

A

So that the was no intervention from the government in the war with Germany

27
Q

What did kerensky have to do because of his inability to defend petrograd in the kornilov plot

A

Give weapons to the bolsheviks

28
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What did the bolsheviks do with the weapons in the kornilov plot

A

Managed to stop kornilov but refused to return the weapons

29
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What were the benefits for the bolsheviks with the kornilov plot

A

They secured a majority in the petrograd soviets and were now a strong political force

30
Q

What were the 3 reasons the bolsheviks were able to sieze power in October 1917

A

Success of lennin
Trotsky
Failure of provisional government

31
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What moto did the bolsheviks have that made them so popular

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Peace, bread, land and freedom

32
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Was lenin a gifted speaker

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Yes

33
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Who were the red guard

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An armed force that Trotsky led

34
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What were the red guard used for

A

To back up the bolsheviks demands for change

35
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What happened in October 24-25 involving the red guard

A

They took the key points of petrograd

36
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Who stormed the winter palace

A

The red guards

37
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Who did the red guards arrest

A

Members of the provisional government and there was no resistance

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