Fall of the tsar revision

Question 1

What is Marxism?

Answer 1

A political and economic theory developed by Karl Marx, advocating for a classless society achieved through socialist revolution.

Question 2

Who were the two main groups that apposed the tsar?

Answer 2

Revolutionaries (extremists)
Reformers (liberals)

Question 3

Three difficulties associated with ruling the vast swaths of land in Russia?

Answer 3

Too much culture difference and language
Poor transportation/communication
Far too much hand to control

Question 4

How many peasants were in Russia in 1900

Answer 4

93.7 million

Question 5

Non productive vs productive working classes

Answer 5

14% non productive
86% productive

Question 6

What is an autocracy

Answer 6

Monarch rules the country, unlimited and absolute power

Question 7

Name the class system

Answer 7

Peasantry
Working class
Middle class (bourgeoisie)
Upper class
Royals

Question 8

What year was the major revolution

Answer 8

1905

Question 9

Who were the Soviet

Answer 9

Council of workers soldiers, and peasants who emerged during the revolutions in 1905 and 1917

Question 10

When were the two revolutions

Answer 10

1905 and 1917 (February)

Question 11

Provisional government?

Answer 11

Temporary government that replaced the tsarist regime after the 1917 revolution

Question 12

Bolsheviks

Answer 12

A radical faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, led by Vladimir Lenin, who advocated for immediate socialist revolution.

Question 13

Mensheviks

Answer 13

A more moderate faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, who believed in a gradual transition to socialism through bourgeois democracy.

Question 14

Social Revolutionaries (SRs)

Answer 14

A socialist party that advocated for land redistribution and peasant-based socialism.

Question 15

Dictatorship of the Proletariat

Answer 15

A concept in Marxist theory where the working class seizes power and rules on behalf of the people during the transition to communism.

Question 16

October Manifesto

Answer 16

A document issued by Tsar Nicholas II in response to the 1905 Revolution, promising civil rights and a legislative assembly.

Question 17

Bloody Sunday

Answer 17

The massacre of 200,000 peaceful protestors by Tsarist troops in January 1905, sparking widespread unrest and revolution.

Question 18

When did the russo japanese war start?

Answer 18

1904

Question 19

october manifesto

Answer 19

Seemingly gave rights and conceeded some power, October 1905

Question 20

First soviet

Answer 20

1905

Question 21

When did world war one break out

Answer 21

1914

Question 22

When did the tsar assume control of all armed forces

Answer 22

1915, september

Question 23

When was the provisional goverment formed, and the tsar abdicated

Answer 23

febuary 1917

Question 24

What type of goverment was russia before 1917

Answer 24

Tsarist Autocracy - Tsar held all power

Question 25

What was the main issue facing peasants after Emancipation in 1861

Answer 25

Massive debts to purchase land

Question 26

What was the main result of the Russo-Japanese War

Answer 26

Loss of loyalty to the Tsar

Question 27

Members of the triple entente

Answer 27

UK, France, Russia

Question 28

Members of the triple alliance

Answer 28

Germany, Austria-hunguary, italy

Question 29

Name two major defeats suffered by Russia in the first 12 months of WW1

Answer 29

The Battle of Tannenberg(1914, august) and the Battle of the Masurian Lakes (1914, september)

Question 30

Russian forces were generally inferior to those of which power?

Answer 30

German Empire

Question 31

Who was incharge of the army before nicholous and what was his social standing

Answer 31

Grand duke nicoli, he was greatly admired.