Romanovs

Question 1

What number of dynasty was the romanovs

Answer 1

The second imperial dynasty to rule russia

Question 2

What year was Nicholas 2 born?

Answer 2

1868

Question 3

What year did Nicholas 2 become tsar?

Answer 3

1894

Question 4

When and what was Bloody Sunday

Answer 4

1905 january 9th.

3000 people marched to winter palace, lead by priest Gapon. Presenting tsar with petition to reform, could not get a hold of the tsar so the army shot into the crowd.

Question 5

When and what was the October manifesto.

Answer 5

17th October 1905
Direct result of Bloody Sunday basic rights and civil liberties. Establishes Duma.

Question 6

When did the Duma begin and what were they?

Answer 6

1906 July 1st.
Duma is parliament for people of Russia. Tsar had final say

Question 7

When did Russia enter ww1and why

Answer 7

1914
Because they supported Serbia who had just been declared war upon by Austria Hungary

Question 8

When did Nicholas two go to be commander in chief of the Russian army, and why was this a problem?

Answer 8

1915, Nicolas goes to fight at the front.
This leaves his German wife Alexandra in charge, along with Rasputin. Very unpopular.

Question 9

Russian geography

Answer 9

Perfect for autocracy
Enormous geographical variation
50% of population Russian
Russification

Question 10

What is Russification

Answer 10

Forces to learn Russian and practice Russian way of life

Question 11

List the members of the Romanov family

Answer 11

Tsar Nicholas two
Tsarina Alexandra - German
Daughters Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia
Son Prince Alexei Hemopheliac

Question 12

Economy

Answer 12

Uneven distribution of wealth
Beginning of industrialisation (helped organise discontent)
Urbanisation
Poor living conditions
Peasants and workers the majority

Question 13

When were the serfs emancipated?

Answer 13

1861 and did not improve living conditions.

Question 14

Social

Answer 14

Massive inequality in class wealth and structure
Late industrialisation
Urbanisation
All class groups unhappy
Land owners took advantage of peasants
Limited freedom
Ww1 German tsarina in charge

Question 15

Political

Answer 15

Heavy censorship and autocratic rule
Unionisation banned
[forces to meet in secret]
Nicholas wants to uphold autocratic rule of his father
Revolutionary groups therefore seek violent revolution.

Question 16

What is the pyramid of capitalist system?

Answer 16

A cartoon published in America which critiques the Russian system through caricatures of the different class levels

Question 17

How many of the population were peasants

Answer 17

90%

Question 18

How much of the land was controlled by Russian nobility and how much of the population did they make up?

Answer 18

25% if the land
1% of the population.

Question 19

What is autocracy

Answer 19

A system of government with one person who has absolute power

Question 20

Nicolas two as an autocrat

Answer 20

Politically naive accepted advise he wanted to hear
Church encouraged people to love the Tsar or “little father”
Ruled a police state
Heavy censorship
Declared law and could over rule law

Question 21

Tsars political thoughts

Answer 21

Genuinely thought he was elected by god to rule

Question 22

Major causes of Russo Japanese war

Answer 22

Japan an increasing threat to Russian interest in Asia
Japan thought expansion of trans Siberian railway would affect their interest in Korea
Russia wanted war to insight patriotic fever

Question 23

When did the Russo Japanese war start and finish

Answer 23

Feb 1904
Ended may 1905
Russia lost

Question 24

Why was teh Russo Japanese war significant

Answer 24

New wave of anti government demonstrations
Revealed tsars failings

Question 25

Who were the social democrats

Answer 25

Bolsheviks and Mensheviks [split in 1903]
University and upper middle class men
Influenced by Karl Marx
Led by Lenin (bolsheviks)
Bolsheviks believed straight to anrchisn
Took over after provintional government

Question 26

Who was Rasputin

Answer 26

Holy healer
Meets tsar 1905
Healed Alexi many times
Hated by all
Drunk and womaniser
Murdered by aristocracy

Question 27

Why did Russia enter ww1

Answer 27

Growing German power worried Russia
Austria Hungary and Russia were rivals
Protector of Serbia

Question 28

Ww1 contribution

Answer 28

Nicholas fought at front
Shortages of everything
Decrease in nationalism war was extremely unpopular
Tsar authority cahllenged as duma coordinated everything
Social depression and inflation

Question 29

When and what was teh march revolution

Answer 29

March 8 - 12
Strikes and demonstrations
Tsarina tells tsar everything is fine, despite Duma saying it’s not
Tsar failed to grasp situation
10000 troops mutinied

Question 30

When did teh Tsar abdicate

Answer 30

12 march

Question 31

Who gained power after Romanov abdication

Answer 31

Provisional government, lasted until October 1917 when Bolsheviks took over

Question 32

Who killed teh romanovs and when

Answer 32

16 July 1918
Bolsheviks because they didn’t want their enemies the whites to have a power to rally with

Question 33

Who killed teh romanovs and when

Answer 33

16 July 1918
Bolsheviks because they didn’t want their enemies to have a power to rally with

Question 34

Crank Shaw Edward 1978 (the shadow of the winter palace)

Answer 34

As social unrest and economic anger grew, the lower classes began to demonstrate for political change.