Historiography Y12 FP1 Flashcards

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How did an anonymous source describe Tsar Nicholas II?

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“Not fit to rule a villiage post office.”

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How did Tsar Nicholas describe himself in the year ascending to the throne (1894)

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“I am not prepared to be Tsar. I never wanted to become one, I know nothing of the business of ruling.”

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How did Stolypin describe having for Rasputin?

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An “Indescribeable loathing for the vermin sitting opposite [him]… the man posessed great hypnotic power.”

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How did Figes describe Petrograd at the end of World War 1?

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“By early 1917, Petrograd was a powder keg of dispair.”

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How does Lynch view Tsardom at the start of 1917?

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“The truth was that by the beginning of 1917, it was too late to save Tsardom.”

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What did an Ohkrana report say about the people in 1917?

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“Every day more of them demand, ‘either give us food or stop the war’, they have nothing to lose from a disadvantageous peace.”

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In a speech to the Duma, how did Vladimir Purishkevich describe the reshuffling of government positions? 1916

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“Ministeral Leap Frog.”

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What analogy did Chris Reed use for describing the state of Russia in February 1917?

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A bottle of fizzy water and in February 1917 the lid pops off.

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9
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How did the Tsar see the revolution of February 1917?

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“A protest or two.”

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How does Indy Neidell describe the raid of the Bolshevik headquaters?

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“Political Dynamite.”

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What did Lenin say about the time period leading up to the October Revolution 1917?

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“Inevitable.”
“The time is fully ripe.”

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How did Catherine Merridale describe March of 1917?

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“The Russian People’s spring.”

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How did Catherine Merridale describe the state of the Soviet?

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“Unwashed, exhausted, chaos everywhere.”

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How did Catherine Merridale describe Dual-power?

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A “Clumsy Compromise.”
“Brute Infusion of Reality.”

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How did Catherine Merridale describe Kerensky’s style of leadership?

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“A fine impression of energy.”

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16
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What did Catherine Merridale say about the October Revolution concerning Trotsky?

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“The October Revolution, Lenin’s revolution, would have been unthinkable without Trotsky.”

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What did Lenin say about the First World War?

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“A war between bankers, a war for profit.”

18
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What did Catherine Merridale describe Kornilov as having?

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A “heart of a lion” but a “brain of a sheep.”

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What does Catherine Merridale regard the 10th of October as?

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“The most important night in Bolshevik history.”

20
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What did Catherine Merridale say about Kerensky’s rule leading up to the October Revolution?

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“Kerensky was already doomed.”
His leadership was “visually impotent.”