Chapter 1 - Opposition - Workers Flashcards
OPPOSITION (WORKERS): ALEXANDER III
OPPOSITION (WORKERS): ALEXANDER III
How many workers participated in a strike at the Morozov dye works in 1885?
8000 workers
When were the strikes at Morozov dye works?
7th January 1885 to 18th January 1885
How many of the 8000 workers were arrested from the Morozov dye works and how many were put on trial?
600 - 33 put on trial
OPPOSITION (WORKERS): NICHOLAS II
OPPOSITION (WORKERS): NICHOLAS II
What started the 1905 revolution?
A strike at the Putillov artillery factory in December 1904
By January 1905 how many workers participated in sympathy strikes?
150,000
In how many factories were there striking workers in January 1905?
382
What did workers form in 1905 when it looked like the government was going to collapse?
Soviets
How many were killed when the government repressed the 1905 revolution?
14,000
What started the February revolution?
Strikes at the Putillov artillery works
How many workers took part in the strikes at the Putillov artillery works in February 1917?
100,000
How many workers were striking in St Petersburg by the end of February 1917?
500,000
How many soldiers deserted the army and joined the February revolution strikes?
150,000
OPPOSITION (WORKERS): PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
OPPOSITION (WORKERS): PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
What did workers form after the February revolution which were never controlled by the Provisional Government?
The Petrograd Soviet
How many workers took part in the July Days?
500,000
Who led the workers in the overthrow of the Provisional Government?
The Bolsheviks
OPPOSITION (WORKERS): LENIN
OPPOSITION (WORKERS): LENIN
What resulted in many peasants moving from agricultural work to industrial work under Lenin?
Many workers died in the Russian Civil War
Why was there little industrial unrest under Lenin?
The new workers were ill-educated and ill-disciplined
OPPOSITION (WORKERS): STALIN
OPPOSITION (WORKERS: STALIN
What did production targets under Stalin lead to?
An increase in worker suicide rates
What did Stalin’s purges remove?
Disruptive trade union officials
What was there none of in WW2, which there had been in WW1?
Strikes
OPPOSITION (WORKERS): KHRUSHCHEV
OPPOSITION (WORKERS): KHRUSHCHEV
Where were there food riots in 1962?
Novocherkassk
How many were executed as a result of the riots at Novocherkassk?
23
