russia fact test Flashcards
what was the name of the russian familly who rules over 300 years
romanovs
what is the name given to a country that does that have a monarchy
republic
what did many people call the tasr demonstating their effection for him
little father
what was the name of russias secret police under the tsar
the okhrana
what is the name given by a communinst to the urban working class
proletariet
give the name of one liberal party who wanted russia to become a democracy
octoborists
which political group did peasants tend to support due to their promise for more land
socialsit revolutionists
whos ideas of communism imspired the social democrat
karl marx
in 1910 the social democrats split into bolsheviks and which other party
menshaviks
what was a key differnce between menshaviks and bolsheviks
the bolsheviks belived russia should revolit immedialtly amd the menshaviks werent ready
the bolshevik leadership was in exile at the start of ww1 why was this
beacuse their poliitical views put them in confilict with poeple
give 2 reasosn why food shortages got worse from 19176
russia continued in the war and horses were used in the war
which intitution did the tsar dissolve in 1914 which causes great frustation amungst people who had until that point had been supporting the tsar
the duma
what decision did the tsar make in 1915 which made him even more un popular with the people of russia
became the army general
who did the tsar leave in charge of russia and why did this cause great anger (2 people)
the tsarina- she was from germant
raspuntin- shady character
Protests in 1917 escalated on 9th january when 150000 marched to commemorate which fatefull day from 1905
bloody sunday
which iron workes had a big strike
putilov iron works
which group in russa took the streets on 23rd february due to a shortage of bread
woman
explain how the weather effected stikes in the big cities
the sudden rush of hot weather led to more strikes
on the 25th feb the tsar issed a command from mogilev for order to be restored why did this cost him his throne
the army refused to shoot
which political group refused to stop meetin then created the duma
the cadets
what word startng with A was nicholas II aksed to do by high ranking officials
abdicate
who was the first leader of the new PG
price lvov
which organisation was also created by the workers and soldiers in feb 1917 and proved to be a threat to the authority of the pg
petrogad soviet
what was issued by soldiers in march 1917 which undermined the pg’s authority over militry matters
order number 1
explain one reason the governmeant decied to saty fighting in WW1
they felt like they had to help britain and france as they had given russia loans
what did the pg lack politically (starting with l)
legitimacy
why did the pgh decide not to re distrubute land to peasants even though it might have gave them support
the peasants would have came back from the war
what did lenin deliver at finland station after the tsar stepped down
april thesis
give one of the slogans lenin used to get support
peace bread land
what was the failed russian offensive in 1917 that highlited to the people that the pg wad failing to make a differnce
june offensive
who was appointed the new leader of the pg after the failed offensive
kelensky
to which organisation did lenin speak to in june 1917 and anounc that the bolsheviks were ready to take control of the government
all russians of soviets
what was the name of the uprisings and protests carried out by army units and other russian workers which blamed on thd bolsheviks and led to many of them being imprisoned
july days
which militry commander started a coup against the govenrment in aug 1917
kornalov
how did the coup help the bolshevik cause
the pg was weak
what was the name of the comittee that was used to sieze power
militry working comittee
what was the name of the pg head qauter which fell easily
winter palace
