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0
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Land Captains replaced the…

A

Elected Justices of the Peace

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1
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Alexander III became Tsar in…

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1881

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2
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Land Captains were created in…

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1889

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3
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Major famine in Russia occurred in…

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1881

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4
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What were the land captains?

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Aristocrats appointed by the Tsar

Could overrule the zemstva and change peasant farmers with minor offences

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5
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Nicholas II became tsar in…

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1894

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6
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The social Democratic Party formed in…

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1898

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7
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The social Democratic Party followed the political beliefs of…

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Karl Marx

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8
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The socialist revolutionary party formed in…

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1901

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9
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The socialist revolutionary party grew out of the….

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Populists

Believed revolution would begin in the countryside

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10
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The socialist revolutionary party aimed to:

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Redistribute land to peasants
Improve living and working conditions in towns
Overthrow tsarism by force

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11
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Russo-Japanese war began in…

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1904

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12
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Why was the Russo-Japanese war a short-term factor of the revolution?

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-suffered humiliating defeats: lost port Arthur

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13
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Jan 9th 1905:

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Bloody Sunday

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14
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Bloody Sunday was:

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Soldiers guarding the winter palace open fired, killing 100s of unarmed people

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15
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Tsar agreed to the October manifesto in:

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October 1905

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16
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The October manifesto led to:

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Strengthened Nicholas’ position
Army & police remained loyal
Opposition groups split
Political parties taken by surprise and didn’t coordinate effective opposition)

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17
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What broke some of the priorities made in the October manifesto?

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Fundamental law

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18
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When was the Fundamental Law issued?

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1906

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19
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What did the fundamental law reassert?

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The tsar’s authority

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20
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The first Duma began in…

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1906

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21
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Why did the 1st Duma dissolve?

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Nicholas refuses their demands and it was dissolved after 72 days

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22
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Stolypin was prime minister:

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1906-1911

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24
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2nd Duma began

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Feb 1907

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25
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What did the 2nd Duma do?

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Passed important land reform proposals by stolypin

But it remained in a state of almost constant uproar

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26
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The 2nd Duma ended

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June 1907

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27
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The 3rd Duma began:

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November 1907

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28
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The 3rd Duma was..

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More right-wing, and prepared to work with government rather than oppose it

29
Q

The 3rd Duma ended in

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1912

30
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Redemption payments abolished in…

A

1907

31
Q

Stolypin was assassinated in…

A

1911

Could never develop his reforms, long-term effects never realised

32
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4th Duma began in…

A

1912

33
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4th Duma worked with the government until…

A

WWI broke out

34
Q

WWI began in..:

A

1914

35
Q

Zemgor was formed in…

A

1915

36
Q

The zemgor was an organisation that helped…

A

The government in WWI

37
Q

1915, Nicholas II appointed himself…

A

Supreme commander of the armed forces

38
Q

By appointing himself supreme commander of the armed forces it meant he was away from Petrograd for…

A

Long periods of time

39
Q

Tsar abdicated in…

A

March 1917

40
Q

How was the tsar forced to abdicate?

A

Mutinous troops stopped train
Told to abdicate in favour of his son
His brother then refused

41
Q

The 1st provisional government was formed in…

A

3rd march 1917

42
Q

1st provisional government formed was mainly made up of…

A

Kadets and other liberal parties
No lawful authority
Would govern until a CA was elected

43
Q

Lenin returned to Petrograd from exile in…

A

3rd April 1917

44
Q

On Lenin’s return he published the…

A

April theses

45
Q

The April theses was a policy statement of Lenin’s calling for ?

A

Revolution

46
Q

June offensive was in…

A

June 1917

47
Q

The June offensive was an…

A

Attack led by Brusilov against Austria-Hungarian and German forces

48
Q

The July days was in…

A

July 1917

49
Q

The July days was a series of…

A

Demonstrations agains provisional government

50
Q

2nd provisional government began in…

A

8th July 1917

51
Q

Kornilov affair was in…

A

August 1917

52
Q

In Kornilov affair:

A

General kornilov was believed to order troops to march on the capital
Kerensky panicked and joined forces with Petrograd soviet
Rebellion collapsed
Kornilov dismissed and arrested

53
Q

Why did the kornilov affair weaken the PG?

A

Leading Bolsheviks released from prison

54
Q

Bolsheviks seized power in…

A

October 10th 1917

55
Q

October revolution began in…

A

24th October 1917

56
Q

The All Russian Congress of Soviets was announced as the new Russian government in…

A

26th October 1917

57
Q

Cheka formed in..

A

December 1917

58
Q

Constituent assembly dissolved in….

A

Jan 1918

59
Q

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed…

A

March 1918

60
Q

The treaty of Brest-Litovsk had many disadvantages:

A

Lost vast areas of land
1/3 agricultural land
1/2 heavy industry 90% coal mines

61
Q

War communism ran between…

A

1918-21

62
Q

War communism was the Bolshevik’s economics policy during civil war.
Party had control of:

A

Industry
Grain requisitioning
Ban on private enterprise

63
Q

Red terror was between:

A

1918-1922

64
Q

Tambov rising occurred :

A

1920-21

65
Q

What was the Tambov rising?

A

1000s peasants rebelled - resistance to grain requisitioning

66
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Kronstadt rising occurred:

A

1921

67
Q

What was the Kronstadt rising?

A

1000s of workers and sailors demanded end to war communism

68
Q

What replaced war communism?

A

New Economic Party

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