Feb/March Revolution

Question 1

Where was Trotsky during the 1st revolution?

When did he return to Russia

Answer 1

In the USA

He returned to Russia in May

Question 2

Describe the events in the 14th of Feb

Answer 2

C.100k workers from 58 factories strike in Petrograd

Bread rations were announced to begin on the 1st of March = long ques and violence against the police

Question 3

Describe the events in the 22nd of Feb

Answer 3

20k workers locked out of Putilov Steel factories by management after failed pay talks
Other workers support them via strikes

Question 4

Describe the events in the 23rd of Feb

Answer 4

International Women’s Day
90k workers on strike
50 factories closed
Workers joined Women’s march - c. 2240k on the streets. Chaos

Question 5

Describe the events in the 24th of Feb

Answer 5

200k workers on strike
Communist iconography eg red flag and rosetta’s, singing la Marseillaise ( french national anthem )
Overturning tsarists statues

Question 6

Describe the events in the 25th of Feb

Answer 6

250k ( over half the capitals workforce) were on strike )
Almost all factories and shops were closed
No newspapers or public transport
Shalfeev (leader of mounted police) was beaten and shot
Cossack ( usually loyal to the Tsar) ignored orders to shot at strikers

Question 7

Describe the events in the 26th of Feb

Answer 7

Duma president send Tsar warning of the dire situation

Nickolas ignored this and dissolved the Duma

Question 8

Describe the events in the 27th of Feb

Answer 8

Tsar ordered resolve by military force
Mutiny began in Volynskyi regiment - argent shot commanding officer dead
66k soldiers joined stickers with 40k rifles
Duma held meeting ignoring the Tsar- set up 12 man provisional committee
Army high command support Duma
Petrograd soviet set up

Question 9

Describe the events in the 28th of Feb

Answer 9

Tsar offered to share power but this was refused

Question 10

Describe the events of the 1st and 2nd of March.

Answer 10

1st=Order No.1 produced by Petrograd Soviet
2nd=Tsar stopped in train and forced to agree to the provisional government and proclared his brother the Tsar but Mikhail refused

Question 11

Where was Lenin during the Feb revolution?

Answer 11

Zurich

Question 12

When was Order No 1 produced?

Answer 12

1st March

Question 13

Describe the promises in Order No 1

Answer 13

All weapons controlled by committees
All soldiers get full citizenship rights off duty
All units to elect a deputy to the Soviet

Question 14

How many members did the Petrograd soviet have by the 10th of March?
What was the official titles?

Answer 14

3000 members

Soviet of Workers and Soldiers Deputies

Question 15

When the All Russian Congress met on June 1917 there were representatives from how many towns/cities

Answer 15

350

Question 16

Was the Provisional government legitimate?

Where was it set up?

Answer 16

The Provisional Government was legitimized by Mikhail and the old Tsarist civil services.
It was set up in the Duma Chamber in the Tauride Palace in Petrograd.

Question 17

How many of the executive committee of the Petrograd Soviet were workers?

Answer 17

7/42

Question 18

Who was the only member of both the Provisional Government and the Petrograd Soviet ?

Answer 18

Alexander Kerensky

Question 19

What two words describe the rule of Russia post revolution

Answer 19

Dual Authority/ Dvoevlastie

Question 20

What did the Soviet accept from the PG ?

Answer 20

General amnesty from political prisoners
Civil Liberties
Abortion of legal disabilities based on class, religion and nationality.
Freedom to organise Trade unions and strikes
Election of Constituent assembly.
Freedom of Religion an the press, abolished death penalty.

Question 21

When was it announced that Russia would continue fighting in the war?
Who announced this and what happened to them?

Answer 21

April 1917

Milyukov announced it and received backlash so resigned . Plus the elections were postponed.

Question 22

When did Kerensky become the Chairman of the PG?

Answer 22

June 1917

Question 23

Why was it decide the war would continue?

Answer 23

Despite it being heavily unpopular, Russia relied on French loans and had an alliance with Britain and France.