Russia Flashcards
In 1917, ___% of population were peasants
80
In WW1, price of food and fuel increased by ____%
400
____ million peasants sent to war
15
In WW1, Russia spent _______ million roubles
17,000
In WW1, Russia spent ___ times more
8
Before WW1, _____ wagons of grain a month arrived in Moscow
2200
After WW1, _____ wagons of grain a month arrived in Moscow
700
Tsar leaves Petrograd to visit army HQ
22 Feb 1917
250,000 people demonstrated
23-25 Feb 1917
Soldiers ordered to open fire on demonstrators, 40 killed
26 Feb 1917
Some regiments disobey orders to open fire
27 Feb 1917
Tsar abdicated
2 Mar 1917
Order Number 1
1 Mar 1917
Kornilov Revolt
Aug 1917
By April, Bolsheviks had ______ members
75,000
July Days: _ July and _ July
3 and 7
When hiding in Finland, Lenin wrote “_______________”
State and Revolution
Lenin secretly returned to Petrograd
10 Oct 1917
By Oct 1917, Bolsheviks had ________ members
340,000
Kerensky failed crack-down of Bolsheviks
24 Oct 1917
Bolsheviks captured the Winter Palace
25 Oct 1917
Decree of Peace
8 Nov 1917
Decree of Land
8 Nov 1917
Tsar and family murdered by Bolsheviks
17 July 1918