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AQA A Level History Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia 1917-1953 (2N) > key facts and figures 1917-24 > Flashcards

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1
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What proportion of the population were peasants pre revolution?

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80%

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2
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State Duma formed

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1906

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3
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When was the Battle of Tannenberg

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August 1914

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4
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Battle of Tannenberg casualties

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~300,000 killed/wounded, 1000s taken prisoner

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5
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All Russian Union of Zemstva and Cities set up

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June 1915

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6
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Nicholas head of Russia’s armed forces

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‘Commander in Chief’
Sept 1915

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7
Q

Rasputin assassinated

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Dec 1916

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8
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Progressive Block formed

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August 1915

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9
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Romanov dynasty in power

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1613-1917

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10
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Bloody Sunday

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Jan 1905

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11
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Lack of supplies in Russian army (WW1)

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1914: infantry only 2 rifles per 3 soldiers
1915: artillery limited to 2-3 shells per day

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12
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How many soldiers deserted 1916?

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1.5 million

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13
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Brusilov Offensive

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Sept 1916

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14
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Russian shell manufacturing

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More than Germany 1916

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15
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Railway locomotive production WW1

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Halved 1913-16

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16
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Change in cost of living WW1

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300% rise

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17
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Petrograd Soviet members 10th March 1917

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3000

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18
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Order No.1

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1st March

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19
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Nicholas abdicated

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2nd March

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20
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Bolshevik Party membership Feb/March 1917

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23,000 (relatively small)

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21
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Bolsheviks in PS Feb/March 1917

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40

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22
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The July Days

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16-20 July 1917

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23
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Kornilov coup

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August 1917

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24
Q

Bolshevik Party membership October 1917

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100,000

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25
Q

Lenin returns to Russia (2nd time)

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October 1917

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26
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MRC established

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16th October 1917

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27
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People under MRC control

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  • 200,000 Red Guards
  • 60,000 Baltic sailors
  • 150,000 soldiers of the remaining
    Petrograd garrison units
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28
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Grain prices in Petrograd 1917

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Doubled Feb - June

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29
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Factories 1917

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586 closed, 100,000 jobs lost

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30
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How many of the Petrograd garrisons declared allegiance to the MRC not the PG?

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15/18

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31
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How many people did the October revolution involve?

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25-30,000 people at most (~5% of workers and soldiers in Petrograd)

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32
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Bolshevik newspapers closed down

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Pravda and Izvestia, 23rd October

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33
Q

How many soldiers and Kronstadt sailors moved into the city on the 24th?

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5000

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34
Q

All Russian Central Executive Committee members and make up

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101
62 Bolsheviks, 29 left-wing SRs

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35
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Outcome of elections to the Constituent Assembly

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SRs - 53% (410 seats)
Bolsheviks - 24% (175 seats)
Mensheviks, Kadets and others - 23% (97 seats)

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36
Q

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed

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3 March 1918

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37
Q

Losses because of Treaty of Brest Litovsk

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62 mill people (1/6 of pop)
2 million square km of land (1/3 of agricultural prod)
1/4 railway lines
3/4 coal and iron supplies
3 billion roubles

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38
Q

First Soviet Constitution proclaimed

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July 1918

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39
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Members of the former ‘exploiting classes’ banned from voting or holding office

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July 1918

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40
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All other political parties banned

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1921

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41
Q

Bolsheviks renamed ‘Communist Party’

A

March 1918

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42
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Workers put in charge of railways

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January 1918

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43
Q

Russian Civil War

A

1918-21

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44
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Treaty of Riga

A

March 1921

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45
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How many former tsarist officers were recruited to train new troops?

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50,000

46
Q

Romanovs assassinated

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17 July 1918

47
Q

How many Party members fought for the Red Army?

A

500,000

48
Q

Politburo set up

A

1919

49
Q

USSR established

A

1922

50
Q

How many people died in the Civil War?

A

~10 million

51
Q

Miles covered by Trotsky’s train

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65,000+

52
Q

Banks nationalised

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December 1917

53
Q

War communism

A

June 1918 - March 1921

54
Q

Factories and railways nationalised

A

September 1918

55
Q

Start of compulsory grain requisitioning

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January 1919

56
Q

Tambov Revolt

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Aug 1920 - June 1921

57
Q

Industrial production December 1920

A

20% of 1913 levels

58
Q

NEP

A

March 1921 - 1928

59
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Kronstadt Rising

A

March 1921

60
Q

Veshenka set up

A

1917

61
Q

GOELRO formed

A

1920

62
Q

Change in Russia’s urban proletariat during the civil war

A

3.6 million Jan 1917
1.4 million Jan 1919
(dropped by over 50%)

63
Q

Petrograd bread ration 1918

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50g per person per day

64
Q

How many people died due to starvation and disease in the civil war?

A

~5 million

65
Q

Food Supplies Dictatorship set up

A

May 1918

66
Q

Nearly all factories and businesses nationalised

A

November 1920

67
Q

Harvest of 1921

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48% of 1913’s harvest

68
Q

Russia’s population 1913-21

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170.9-130.9 million

69
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Industrial output

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20% of 1913

70
Q

Change in populations of Petrograd and Moscow as a result of war communism

A

1917-20
Petrograd: -57.5%
Moscow: -44.5%

71
Q

Trigger for launch of Red Terror

A

Assassination attempt on Lenin Aug 1918

72
Q

How many Mensheviks, SRs, anarchists etc were executed during the Red Terror?

A

~500,000

73
Q

How many people rose up against the govt in Aug 1920 (Tambov)

A

70,000

74
Q

How many Red Army soldiers were needed to crush the Tambov Revolt?

A

100,000

75
Q

How many Kronstadt sailors rebelled?

A

30,000

76
Q

How many Kronstadt sailors were imprisoned

A

15,000

77
Q

Gosplan established

A

Feb 1921

78
Q

Scissors crisis

A

1923

79
Q

Ban on factions introduced

A

1921

80
Q

Cheka renamed

A

GPU 1922

81
Q

Nomenklatura system introduced

A

1923

82
Q

Proportion of food in cities that came from the black market (war comm)

A

Up to 2/3

83
Q

Number of deaths in action in the civil war

A

350,000

84
Q

Typhus epidemic year and deaths

A

1920, >3 million

85
Q

Uprisings in Feb 1921

A

155

86
Q

Nepmen in Moscow 1925

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25,000

87
Q

Proportion of trade that nepmen were responsible for by 1923

A

75%

88
Q

Percentage of Petrograd workforce that had left by April 1918

A

60%

89
Q

How many times did Kiev change hands (civil war)

A

16

90
Q

First entire industry nationalised

A

May 1918, sugar

91
Q

Second entire industry nationalised

A

June 1918, oil

92
Q

Production levels 1926

A

Same as 1913

93
Q

SRs executed after a show trial

A

11

94
Q

End of WW1

A

Nov 1918

95
Q

Paris Peace Conference

A

March 1919 (Russia excluded)

96
Q

Battle of Warsaw

A

Aug 1920

97
Q

Bolshevik state recognised by Britain

A

Nov 1920 (via trade treaty)

98
Q

Treaty of Riga

A

March 1921

99
Q

Treaty of Rapallo

A

April 1922

100
Q

First Comintern Congress

A

March 1919

101
Q

Second Comintern Congress

A

July-Aug 1920

102
Q

Third Comintern Congress

A

June-July 1921

103
Q

Zinoviev letter

A

October 1924

104
Q

Bullitt peace mission

A

March 1919

105
Q

Allied govts call off their blockade

A

Jan 1920

106
Q

White armies evacuated by British warships

A

March 1920

107
Q

First conflicts between Russian and Polish forces

A

Feb 1919

108
Q

Treaty of Versailles

A

1919

109
Q

League of Nations set up

A

1920

110
Q

Food crisis

A

1921

111
Q

Reduction in bread ration 1921

A

Moscow Petrograd etc
-1/3

112
Q

Martial law declared

A

January 1921 (Kronstadt rising)

AQA A Level History Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia 1917-1953 (2N) (51 decks)

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