Revolution

Question 1

What is a summary of the February revolution?

Answer 1

Strikes and demonstrations in Petrograd became violent and politically charged - troops disobeyed orders and the Duma formed a Provisional Committee whilst the workers elected representatives to a Petrograd Soviet

Question 2

What happened on the February 22?

Answer 2

Putilov Iron works locks 20,000 workers out due to economic depression who go on to demonstrate and strike

Question 3

What happened on February 23?

Answer 3

International Women’s Day sees 240,000 on the streets

Question 4

What happened on February 24?

Answer 4

200,000 strike on street with revolutionary slogans and red banners bringing Petrograd to a standstill

Question 5

Who was the Duma president upon revolution?

Answer 5

Rodzianko

Question 6

What did Rodzianko say to the Tsar on February 28?

Answer 6

“The measures you are proposing are too late. The time for them has gone. There is no return.”

Question 7

What did Rodzinakos telegraph say to the Tsar on February 26?

Answer 7

“The situation is serious … urgent”

Question 8

What happened on February 27?

Answer 8

The provisional committee and Petrograd soviet are established separately

Question 9

What was the Provisional Government?

Answer 9

Prince Lvov initially as it’s head - it was supported by the middle and upper classes and was accepted as the legitimate body to assume rule

Question 10

What was the Petrograd Soviet?

Answer 10

Was supported by workers, soldiers and peasants who then elected representatives to local society with the Petrograd Soviet being the highest figure

Question 11

When did the Tsar abdicate?

Answer 11

2 March 1917 after his generals and leading groups favoured abdication

Question 12

What did the Dual Government say should be prioritised after revolution?

Answer 12

“The power of the state should be based not on violence or coercion but on the convent of free citizens to the power they themselves created”

Question 13

What did a soldier say upon hearing of Prince Lvov’s appointment in charge of the Government?

Answer 13

“So we replace the Tsar with a Prince”

Question 14

What was Dual Power?

Answer 14

A temporary share of power between PG and PS until a Constituent Assembly could be held

Question 15

What was the Russian situation in April 1917?

Answer 15

Workers strikes continued
There were increased military desertions from the war efforts
Peasant disturbances
Anti-war demonstrations

Question 16

When did Lenin return from exile?

Answer 16

3 April 1917

Question 17

What did Lenin demand in the April Thesis?

Answer 17

End of cooperation with Prov Gov
The end of the war
Re-allocation of Land

Question 18

Did Lenin anticipate revolution?

Answer 18

He didn’t think his generation would see a revolution as said in Jan 1917

Question 19

How many of the Petrograd Soviet deputies were Bolshevik?

Answer 19

Only 40 out of 600

Question 20

What was the cause for revolution? Was it spontaneous or organised by the political elite?

Answer 20

A mass reaction to deliberate repression and a dire situation
Elites close to the Tsarist government influence his abdication
The revolutionary parties had little influence
It was a product of the regimes self-destructive tendencies

Question 21

When was the June offensive?

Answer 21

Kerensky sent troops to fight on 16 June 1917

Question 22

When did the July days occur?

Answer 22

3-5 July

Question 23

What happened in the July Days?

Answer 23

The governments continued involvement in the war caused grain prices to double and factories to close. Soldiers demonstrated violently demanding a soviet takeover

Question 24

Why did the Bolsheviks suffer from the July Days?

Answer 24

They were blamed for orchestrating the actions of the soldiers
Lenin was also accused of being a German agent

Question 25

How many people were killed in the July Days?

Answer 25

400 people

Question 26

Why did Lvov resign?

Answer 26

As a result of the July Days on 8 July - he was replaced by Kerensky