Key Facts:1917-1924

Question 1

In 1917,? than half of the ? million people living in Russia were ethnically Russian

Answer 1

In 1917, less than half of the 180 million people living in Russia were ethnically Russian

Question 2

? factory worker’s wives and children were shot on Bloody Sunday

Answer 2

130 factory worker’s wives and children were shot

Question 3

?% of all Russian people were peasants in 1914

Answer 3

90% of all Russian people were peasants in 1914

Question 4

The Trudoriks won ? seats in the first Duma

Answer 4

The Trudoriks won over 100 seats in the first Duma

Question 5

The right-wing of the Socialist Revolutionaries was banned in ? the left-wing of the party was banned in ?

Answer 5

The right-wing of the Soicalist Revolutionaries were banned in 1917. The left-wing of the party were banned in 1921

Question 6

?g of bread per person per day in 1914

Answer 6

500g of bread per person per day

Question 7

Between 1913-1916 railway locomotive production ? due to the strain of the war

Answer 7

Between 1913-1916 railway locomotive production halved due to the strain of the war

Question 8

There were ?Prime Ministers, ? Foreign Secretaries and ? Defence Ministers under Rasputin

Answer 8

There were 4 Prime Ministers, 3 Foreign Secretaries and 3 Defence Ministers under Rasputin

Question 9

Workers on the ?th of October in 1916 (Bryansk), went on strike because they hadn’t eaten bread, only ? for ? weeks

Answer 9

Workers on the 8th of October in 1916 (Bryansk), went on strike because they hadn’t eaten bread, only potatoes for 2 weeks

Question 10

? workers went on strike in Moscow and ? in Petrograd in ? 1917

Answer 10

30,000 workers went on strike in Moscow and 145,000 in Petrograd in January 1917

Question 11

There was ?% inflation in 1917

Answer 11

There was 300% inflation in 1917

Question 12

In the winter of 1916 to 1917, the temperature fell to ? degrees below zero

Answer 12

In the winter of 1916 to 1917, the temperature fell to 35 degrees below zero

Question 13

? workers from ? different factories went on strike in Petrograd on the ?th February 1917

Answer 13

100,000 workers from 58 different factories went on strike in Petrograd on the 14th February 1917

Question 14

? workers were locked out of Putilov Steel Works

Answer 14

20,000 workers were locked out of Putilov Steel Works

Question 15

? workers went on strike and ? factories closed on the ?rd February 1917

Answer 15

90,000 workers went on strike and 50 factories closed on the 23rd February 1917

Question 16

? people were on the streets on the ?rd February 1917

Answer 16

240,000 people were on the streets on the 23rd February 1917

Question 17

? workers went on strike, called for an end to Tsardom and sang ‘La Marseillaise’ on the ?th February 1917

Answer 17

200,000 workers went on strike, called for an end to Tsardom and sang ‘La Marseillaise’ on the 24th February 1917

Question 18

? people went on strike and all the major factories, public transport + shops were closed on the ?th February 1917

Answer 18

250,000 people went on strike and all the major factories, public transport + shops were closed on the 25th February 1917

Question 19

The soldiers killed ?protestors on the ?th February 1917

Answer 19

The soldiers killed 40 protestors on the 24th February 1917

Question 20

? soldiers mutinied + joined them protestors and gave them ? rifles

Answer 20

66,000 soldiers mutinied + joined them protestors and gave them 40,000 rifles

Question 21

Strikes became more common - 1912 - ? workers on strike by 1914 - ?

Answer 21

Strikes became more common - 1912 - 750,000 workers on strike by 1914 - 1,450,000

Question 22

? million soilders deserted in 1916

Answer 22

1.5 million soilders deserted in 1916

Question 23

By Jan 1917 Petrograd was only receiving ?% of its total grain requirements - Petrograd only received ? of food ? of fuel required

Answer 23

By Jan 1917 Petrograd was only receiving 48% of its total grain requirements - Petrograd only received ⅓ of food ½ of fuel required

Question 24

? trains were no longer able to carry freight in 1917

Answer 24

575 trains were no longer able to carry freight in 1917

Question 25

Before war Moscow - ? wagons of grain per month - ? in Feb 1917

Answer 25

Before war Moscow - 2200 wagons of grain per month - 700 in Feb 1917

Question 26

? million men went to hospital - only ? beds
Lost ? million men out of ? million during WW1

Answer 26

4 million men went to hospital - only 100,00 beds
Lost 8 million men out of 15 million during WW1

Question 27

Increase in literacy rates from ?% in 1897 to ?% in 1917

Answer 27

Increase in literacy rates from 21% in 1897 to 40% in 1917

Question 28

Bolshevik Party membership was
? in February/March 1917

Answer 28

Bolshevik Party membership was
20,000 in February/March 1917

Question 29

There were ? Bolsheviks in PS Feb/March 1917

Answer 29

There were 40 Bolsheviks in PS Feb/March 1917

Question 30

3rd June the Petrograd Soviet passed a vote of confidence in the PG by ? votes to ? votes

Answer 30

3rd June the Petrograd Soviet passed a vote of confidence in the PG by 543 votes to 126 votes

Question 31

? factories closed - ? jobs lost in the lead up to the July Days

Answer 31

586 factories closed - 100,000 jobs lost in the lead up to the July Days

Question 32

During the July Days ? Kronstadt armed sailors join in on 4th July ? armed workers stormed Tauride Palace

Answer 32

During the July Days 20,000 Kronstadt armed sailors join in on 4th July 70,000 armed workers stormed Tauride Palace

Question 33

Bolsheviks now had ? members; produced ? newspapers (including Pravda) + ‘Red Guard numbered ? in September 1917

Answer 33

Bolsheviks now had ? members; produced ? newspapers (including Pravda) + ‘Red Guard numbered ? in September 1917

Question 34

Under Trotsky’s + the MRC’S control were ? Red Guards, ? Baltic sailors and ? soldiers of the remaining Petrograd garrison units

Answer 34

Under Trotsky’s + the MRC’s control were 200,000 Red Guards, 60,000 Baltic sailors and 150,000 soldiers of the remaining Petrograd garrison units

Question 35

Constituent Assembly Election Results
SRs - ? million votes - ? seats
Bolsheviks - ? million votes - ? seats

Answer 35

SRs - 17.5 million votes - 370 seats
Bolsheviks - 9.8 million votes - 175 seats

Question 36

Pravda and Izvestia were shut down on the ?rd October

Answer 36

Pravda and Izvestia were shut down on the ?rd October

Question 37

? soldiers and Kronstadt sailors moved into the city on the ?th

Answer 37

5000 soldiers and Kronstadt sailors moved into the city on the 24th

Question 38

3rd All-Russian Congress of Soviets the - Bolsheviks had a majority of - ? out of ? delegates

Answer 38

3rd All-Russian Congress of Soviets the - Bolsheviks had a majority of - 441 out of 707 delegates

Question 39

Cheka grew massively - March 1918 = ? employees - by 1921 = ?

Answer 39

Cheka grew massively - March 1918 = 120 employees - by 1921 = 143,000

Question 40

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Impact:
Russia loses ? million people
Lost ?% of farmland
Lost?% of coal and iron reserves
Lost ?% of its railway lines, ?% of its iron ore + coal supplies + ? of its agricultural production

Answer 40

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Impact:
Russia loses 62 million people
Lost 27% of farmland
Lost 74% of coal and iron reserves
Lost 26% of its railway lines, 74% of its iron ore + coal supplies + 1/3 of its agricultural production

Question 41

June 1918 - Petrograd workforce fallen by ?% - population of the city declined from 3 million - ? million
bread ration in Petrograd fell to ?g per day

Answer 41

June 1918 - Petrograd workforce fallen by ?% - population of the city declined from 3 million - ? million
bread ration in Petrograd fell to ?g per day