KEY WORDS

Question 1

Define Duma

(Tsarist)

Answer 1

Parliament

Question 2

What were Zemstvas?

Tsarist

Answer 2

Local councils set up in 1864

Question 3

What was Zemgor?

Tsarist

Answer 3

A union of Zemstva responsible for providing medical supplies during WW1

Question 4

Define the Politburo

(Communist)

Answer 4

the Cabinet of the communist party

Question 5

Define the Orgburo

(Communist)

Answer 5

Responsible for the administrative body of the communist party

Question 6

What were the 3 sections of the Imperial Chancellory?

Tsarist

Answer 6

First Sector - Personal Secretariat
Second Sector - Legal Advisors
Third Sector - Secret Police

Question 7

What was Rabkin?

Answer 7

Workers and Peasants Inspectorate. Highly bureaucratic.

Question 8

Define Sovnarkom

Answer 8

People’s Commissars with governmental responsibilities e.g foreign policy; nationalities

Question 9

Define All Russian Congress of Soviets

Answer 9

Meeting of delegates from Soviets throughout Russia

Question 10

Define the Senate

Answer 10

Supreme Court in Tsarist Russia e.g confirmed titles, adjudicating disputes

Question 11

What was the Committee of Ministers?

Answer 11

Ministers who advised the Tsar.

Question 12

Define the State Council

Answer 12

Upper chamber of the Duma, set up by the Fundamental Laws (1906).

Question 13

What were JPs

Answer 13

landowners appointed to keep law and order.

Question 14

What were Land Captains?

Answer 14

set up by Alexander II to keep control over the countryside.

Question 15

What was the Progressive Bloc?

Answer 15

A breakaway group from the Duma, who formed the Provisional Government in March 1917

Question 16

What was The Third Element?

Answer 16

teachers, lawyers and doctors who dominated the zemstva.

Question 17

Define Gosplan

Answer 17

Set Economic Targets

Question 18

Define Vershenka

Answer 18

Economic Planning Committee