Russia- 4 markers

Question 1

Main features of Tsarist rule

Answer 1

1. Completely autocratic
2. Control over the ministers
3. Very anti-Jewish
4. Knew little about the Russian people and what they wanted

Question 2

How did Stolypin attempt to deal with Russia’s problems

Answer 2

1. Executed people who opposed the Tsar
2. Made land reforms
3. Exiled Rasputin for the bad image he placed on the Royal family
4. Set up military courts, which could sentence someone on the spot

Question 3

What happened on Bloody Sunday

Answer 3

1. 20,000 protestors led by Father Gapon
2. Went to the Winter Palace to deliver a petition to the Tsar
3. They were met by soldiers and mounted Cossacks
4. Without warning, the soldiers opened fire and the Cossacks charged

Question 4

What were Lenin’s April Theses

Answer 4

1. No co-operation with the Provisional government
2. War should be ended
3. Land should be given to peasants
4. Soviets should take power

Question 5

Events of March 1917 revolution

Answer 5

1. 12th March, formation of Provisional government
2. 7th March, 40,000 workers strike
3. 12 March, soldiers refuse to fire and join the protest
4. 15 March, Tsar abdicates

Question 6

What actions did the Bolsheviks take in their first three months of power

Answer 6

1. Maximum eight hour day and 48 hour week
2. Women declared equal to men
3. Church land was to be confiscated by the state
4. All non-Bolsheviks newspapers were banned

Question 7

What was War Communism

Answer 7

1. State taking over the economy
2. Private trade was banned
3. All late factories were taken by the government
4. Surplus grain would be requisitioned

Question 8

What view did Lenin express in his political view

Answer 8

1. Warning against Stalin- thought he had too much power
2. Suggested Stalin should be removed from General Sectary
3. Thought Trotsky was most capable man in present committee
4. Not sure whether Stalin was capable of using his authority with sufficient action

Question 9

What qualities dos Trotsky have which enabled him to be considered as Lenin’s successor

Answer 9

1. Lenin’s own choice
2. Has strong personality and was intelligent
3. Was popular with army
4. Played a leading part in both the Bolshevik Revolution and civil war

Question 10

Who were the kulaks

Answer 10

1. Rich peasants who owned their land and animals

2. A group who emerged from the reforms of Stolypin

Question 11

What was a kolkhoz

Answer 11

1. A collective farm

2. A large farm created to introduce more efficient farming methods

Question 12

What was the impact of collectivisation

Answer 12

1. Farm were large enough to use machinery and modern methods
2. Increased production of cheap grain to feed industrial workers and be able to sell for export
3. Famine was avoided from 1933 onwards
4. Enabled Stalin to control peasants