( History ) Russian Revolution

Question 1

Who was the Tsar during 1913 February?

Answer 1

Tsar Nicholas 2nd

Question 2

Why did the people of russia come to dislike tsar nicholas?

Answer 2

Because after the first world war, over 1,000,000 soldiers were dead and there were many food shortages in russia, causing people to starve.

Question 3

How did the revolution start?

Answer 3

The ordinary people started to fight against the russian soldiers.

Question 4

When did tsar nicholas abdicate?

Answer 4

16th march 1917

Question 5

How did people of russia react to the tsar abdicating?

Answer 5

They celebrated by smashing his statues across russia

Question 6

Who was lenin?

Answer 6

The political leader of the bolsheviks

Question 7

Who were the bolsheviks?

Answer 7

A political party of russia lead by lenin.

Question 8

What was communism?

Answer 8

The belief that:
. Everyone in russia had equal wealth
. Peasants should have a share of the land
. Workers should own a share of the factory that they worked in
. The war should be ended immediately

Question 9

When did lenin and the bolsheviks seize power?

Answer 9

25th October 1917

Question 10

Why was the october revolution such a shambles?

Answer 10

Because the sailors who were supposed to help the bolsheviks arrived late, the guns used were to rusty to fire and no-one could find the red lantern which was the signal to start

Question 11

What did lenin do that made the russian people concerned?

Answer 11

Lenin set out to destroy all opposition parties

Question 12

What were the two ways in which lenin and the bolsheviks destroyed all opposition parties?

Answer 12

Bolshevik soldiers smashed up the offices of opposition newspapers and arrested their editors and lenin’s new secret police force tortured and executed opponents of lenin’s new government.

Question 13

Who were the Cheka?

Answer 13

Lenin’s secret police force.

Question 14

What was the government of russia called?

Answer 14

The provisional government

Question 15

What did the provisional government decide would happen?

Answer 15

That there would be an election for who would be in the russian parliament

Question 16

What did lenin and the bolsheviks do?

Answer 16

They did badly in the election, but lenin had no intention in losing, so he sent his soldiers to the constituent assembly and shut it down. Russia then became a communist nation under the control of lenin and the bolsheviks.

Question 17

What was the ‘ Treaty of Brest Litovsk? ‘

Answer 17

The peace treaty signed for peace between germany and russia.

Question 18

What were still the concerns in russia?

Answer 18

That the people of russia wanted to be at peace with germany to prevent another war. So did lenin, so if the germans invaded, they may lose power.

Question 19

There were things lenin and the bolsheviks did in russia to keep their promises of equality ~ 1
(M+W)

Answer 19

1. Men and women are equal.

Question 20

There were things lenin and the bolsheviks did in russia to keep their promises of equality ~ 2
( Peasants)

Answer 20

Peasants who had a surplus of grain were forced to hand it over to the government so that people in the cities would have enough bread.

Question 21

There were things lenin and the bolsheviks did in russia to keep their promises of equality ~ 3
(Factories)

Answer 21

Factories were taken away from their owners and placed under the control of workers’ committees.

Question 22

There were things lenin and the bolsheviks did in russia to keep their promises of equality ~ 4
(Land)

Answer 22

All land was taken away from the Tsar and the old landlords.

Question 23

There were things lenin and the bolsheviks did in russia to keep their promises of equality ~ 5
(Hours)

Answer 23

A maximum 48-hour working week was declared for factory workers.

Question 24

There were things lenin and the bolsheviks did in russia to keep their promises of equality ~ 6
(Money)

Answer 24

Money and jewellery in rich people’s bank accounts were taken by the state.

Question 25

There were things lenin and the bolsheviks did in russia to keep their promises of equality ~ 7
(Houses)

Answer 25

Rich people were forced to share their houses with poor families.

Question 26

Why was life in russia unbearable?

Answer 26

The rich and educated left russia, russians were rude and hostile, armed gangs raided houses, Aristocrats, factory directors, lawyers, artists, priests and teachers were rounded up. They were forced to clear rubbish or snow from the streets.

Question 27

What happened to the old tsar’s family?

Answer 27

They were arrested under house arrest, as the bolsheviks thought that they were a symbol of centruries of unfair government. There were guards placed outside their house.

Question 28

What eventually happened to them?

Answer 28

There were rumors and plots that they were going to escape, so they were rounded up at a town called Ekaterinburg and were killed.

Question 29

How did they die?

Answer 29

They were woke in the night and were told to move down to the cellar. Lenin’s private police force opened fire and they all died.

Question 30

In the civil war of the summer of 1918, what were the two sides?

Answer 30

The reds ( Lenin and the bolsheviks ) and the whites ( anti communist forces )

Question 31

In the civil war of the summer of 1918, what were the two sides?

Answer 31

The reds ( Lenin and the bolsheviks ) and the whites ( anti communist forces )