Russia AOS1 October Revolution Flashcards
When did the Provisional Committee take power as the Provisional Government?
1st March 1917
When did Nicholas abdicate?
2nd March 1917
When did the Romanov Dynasty end?
3rd March 1917
When was the Provisional Committee officially announced as the Provisional Government?
2nd March 1917
When was Soviet Order No. 1 passed?
1st March 1917
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When did the Petrograd Soviet outline their War Aims after the February Revolution?
14th March 1917
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When did the PG declare their War Aims after the February Revolution?
27th March 1917
When did mass protests break out after Miliukov’s note was leaked and how many turned out?
20th April 1917
25,000
When was the First Coalition Government formed?
5th May 1917
When did Lenin return to Petrograd after the February Revolution?
3rd April 1917
When did Lenin deliver his April Theses?
4th April 1917
When was the June Offensive announced?
14th May 1917
When was Brusilov made C-in-C?
23rd May 1917
When did the June Offensive start?
18th June 1917
How many Km did the Russians advance in the June Offensive?
30km
What were the Russian losses in the initial June Offensive?
40,000
When did the Germans launch a counterattack on the June Offensive?
6th July 1917
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How many men retreated after the German counterattack on the June Offensive?
400,000 men
How many km did the Germans advance in their counterattack of the June Offensive?
230km
When did the Kadets resign from the First Government Coalition?
2nd July 1917
When were the demonstrations during the July Crisis?
3rd-4th July
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How many people died on the 3rd of July during the July Crisis
400 deaths
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How many radicalised sailors attended the demonstrations during the July Crisis?
2500
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How many soldiers, sailors and workers gathered outside Tauride Palace Square during the July Crisis?
50,000
How many Bolsheviks are arrested during the July Crisis?
800
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When did Lvov resign as PM?
8th July
When was Brusilov replaced by Kornilov?
18th July
When was the Second Coalition Government formed?
25th July
When was the Moscow State Conference?
12-15th August
How many delegates attended the Moscow State Conference?
2500
When did Kornilov order the Cossacks closer to Petrograd?
19th August
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When did Kerensky telegram Kornilov’s dismissal?
27th August
When did Kerensky appeal to the Soviet for help during the Kornilov Affair?
28th August
When was Kornilov arrested?
30th August
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By how much had wages decreased between Feb-Oct 1917?
1/2
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Compared to the Summer of 1916, the potato price increase by what % in 1917?
663%
Compared to the Summer of 1916, the milk price increase by what % in 1917?
90%
Compared to the Summer of 1916, the meat price increase by what % in 1917
186%
What was the Bolshevik membership in Feb 1917?
24000
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What was the Bolshevik membership in April 1917?
100,000
What was the Bolshevik membership in October 1917 total, in Petrograd and the Reg Guards?
340,000 total, 60,000 in Petrograd & 100,000 Red Guards
When did Trotsky replace Chkheidze as Chairman in the Soviet?
25th Sept
When was Preparliament opened?
7th October
When was the Bolshevik Central Committee held?
10th October
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When did Kamenev & Zinoviev publically announce Lenin’s plans in October?
18th October
When was Milrevkom formed?
16th October
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When did Kerensky give the order to act against the Bolsheviks in October?
23rd October
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When did the Red Guard and Milrevkom take control of strategic buildings?
24th October
When did the Bolsheviks take control of communications and transport?
25th October
When the Bolsheviks attacked the Winter Palace who ended up being the defenders?
140 volunteers of the Womans death battalion
40 disabled soldiers
a bicycle unit
a handfull of trainee officers
a small detachment of Crossacks
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When was the Council of People’s Commisars (Sovnarkom) formed?
27th October
Who was ellected in the Soviet central Executive Committee?
60 Bols
6 Mens-Int
29 Left SR’s
When did Lenin claim Sovnarkom would only rule to?
early 1918 when the Constituent Assembly convened
How many supporters did the october revolution have?
According to Trotsky + how many acually attacked the Winter Palace?
Trotsky said they had 30,000-40,000 supporters
only 10,000-15,000 attacked the Winter Palace
(5% workers in Petrograd)
Rabinowitch
Bolshevik propoganda following the April Theses
‘Tailoring the Bolshevik pogramme so that it would reflect popular aspirations was one of Lenin’s most important contributions to the development of the revolution.’
Call for end to war, access to land and food reflected demands of Feb Revolution
Using class warefare in his favour; proletariat against bourgeois
Richard Pipes
regarding the October revolution
Although it is customary to speak of two Russian revolutions of 1917 – one in February, the other in October – only the first deserves this name… October was a classic coup d’état, the capture of governmental authority by a small band, carried out, in deference to the democratic profession of the age, with a show of mass participation, but with hardly any mass involvement.’
not a mass revolution – Trotsky himself claims they had 30,000-40,000 supporters, of whom only 10,000-15,000 attacked the Winter Palace (5% of workers in Petrograd).
