Key figures

Question 1

A2

Answer 1

1855-1881

Question 2

A3

Answer 2

1881-1894

Question 3

N2

Answer 3

1894-1917

Question 4

L

Answer 4

1917-1923

Question 5

S

Answer 5

1923-1956

Question 6

K

Answer 6

1956-1964

Question 7

Prince Lyvov

Answer 7

Leader of PG untill kerensky

Question 8

Alexander Kerensky

Answer 8

leader of PG from july
-launched offensive as last attempt to finish WW1
-Removed by Bolsheviks

Question 9

Nicolai Bukharin

Answer 9

-russian revolutionary
-worked in exile with Lenin and trotsky
-supported NEP
-became Stalin’s cheif ally
-helped stalin remove trotsky
-opposed collectivisation and removed from politiburo in 1929

Question 10

Pyotr Stolypin

Answer 10

-leading statemen of imperial russia
-led to crackdown of revolutionaries after 1905
-significant reforms in agriculture, end of redemption payments etc

Question 11

sergei Witte

Answer 11

influential minister
-minister of finance
-N2
-Witte’s great spurt
-helped with october manifesto

Question 12

Lavrentiy Beria

Answer 12

-cheif of NKVD under stalin
-joined politubro in 1949
-executed for being british spy

Question 13

ivan Vyshnegradsky

Answer 13

-minister of finance N2 1887-1892
-began railways
-settling budgets and puhed for export drive which led to a famine 1891-92

Question 14

Nikolai Bunge

Answer 14

Minister of Finance 1881-1887
-Focus on modernising economy
-founded peasant land bank
-reduced burden of tax on peasants
-promoted construction of railway and reduced child labour

Question 15

Lavr Kornilov

Answer 15

Appointed in july 1917 as new commander of armed forces
-attempted a revolt and was arrested

Question 16

Father Gapon

Answer 16

orthadox priest
-lead St petersburg march for workers on winter palace to present a petition demanding better living conditions

Question 17

Michael Reutern

Answer 17

Finance minister under Alex II and reformed finance to stablize ruble and reform tax laws