Russia II Flashcards
1
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When was Nicholas ii on the throne
A
1894-1917
2
Q
How many times was the army used to suppress civilian disorder
A
1,500
3
Q
How many mutinies were there between 1905 and 1906
A
400
4
Q
When did it become legal to convert away from orthodox Christianity
A
1905
5
Q
Which figure is an example of someone from the church trying to appeal to the proletariat
A
Father gapon
6
Q
Which figure accelerated the churches fall from grace
A
Rasputin
7
Q
How many principal governors were there under Nicholas ii
A
79
8
Q
When was the Russo- Japanese war
A
1904-05
9
Q
Who won the Russo japan war
A
Japan
10
Q
How much was Germany spending per soldier compared to Russia
A
Double
11
Q
How much was Austria spending per soldier compared to Russia
A
60%
12
Q
Who was the finance minister in 1903
A
Sergei witte
13
Q
When did Russia join the gold standard
A
1897
14
Q
What percentage of the industrial workforce were in factories employing over 1,000 by 1902?
A
More than 50%
15
Q
What was the population growth in Moscow
A
200%
16
Q
What was the increase in the population growth in Baku
A
700%
17
Q
How many strikes were there in 1900
A
125
18
Q
How many strikes in 1895
A
68
19
Q
How many strikes in 1905
A
14,000
20
Q
Who was Alexander the seconds wife
A
Empress Alexandra
21
Q
Which event at the very start of Nicholas reign led to 100 dead
A
The coronation stampede
22
Q
What were the three strands of opposition groups pre 1905
A
Populists
Liberals
Marxists
23
Q
Which opposition group had the biggest impact
A
Populists
24
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Who were the populists mainly made up of
A
Middle class intellectuals
25
Which class did populists aim to help the most
Peasants
26
Which type of political system did the populists seek
Social democratic republic
27
Which populist campaign to mobiles the peasants was run in 1870
The narodnik campaign
28
Which strand was the people’s Will
Populist
29
Which group emerged as the embodiment of the populist movement
Social revolutionary party
30
What year did the SR form
1901
31
Leader of the SRs
Victor Chernov
32
Who did victor chernov appeal to
The industrial workers
33
Who did the srs assassinate in 1904
Interior minister plehve
34
When did the srs assassinate grand duke Sergei
1905
35
Which body was the stronghold for SRs
The all Russian union of peasants
36
When did the SRs have their first Congress
1906
37
How many members did the Sr have in 1906
50,000
38
Which high ranking sr was okranha
Azev
39
How many seats did the srs get in the second duma
30
40
Who were the sr allies in the second duma
Trudaviks
41
How many seats did the trudaviks have in the second duma
100
42
What was the main Marxist group pre 1905 called
Social democrat party
43
Which body was the Origin of the SDs
Emancipation of labour group
44
When was the emancipation of labour group formed
1883
45
Who founded the emancipation of labour group
Plekhanov
46
When was the SDs formed
1898
47
Where was the SDs formed
Minsk
48
Which decade was the great spurt
1890s
49
Which exiled leader made propaganda in 1890s
Lenin
50
When was Lenin’s what is to be done pamphlet
1902
51
When did the SDs split into 2
1903
52
Who was the leader of the bolsheviks
Lenin
53
Who was the leader of the menshikvs
Martov
54
When was Bloody Sunday
22nd jan 1905
55
Who organised the st Petersburg soviet of 1905
Politicised workers
56
Which party boycotted the second duma and first
Bolsheviks
57
How many seats did the bolsheviks have in the third duma
19
58
How many seats did the bolsheviks have in the fourth duma
15
59
How many seats did the Mensheviks win in the first duma
18
60
How many seats did the menshiviks win in the second duma
65
61
When did Stilton restrict the third and fourth duma
1907
62
What sort of political system did the liberals want
Democratic constitutional monarchy
63
Which class were the liberals
Educated middle class professionals
64
Who was the leader of the moderate liberals
Shipov
65
What was the hope of the moderate liberals
That zemstvas would grow and form a National Assembly
66
Who was the leader of the radical liberals
Milyukov
67
In which year did radical liberals set up an illegal newspaper
1902
68
What was the radical liberals newspaper called
Liberation
69
Which group did the radical liberals create
Union of liberation
70
When was the union of liberation created
1904
71
Where was the union of liberation created
St Petersburg
72
What did the radical liberals organise to get around censorship restrictions
Banquet campaigns
73
Which moderate liberal group accepted the October manifesto as sufficient and worked with the tsar
Oktoberists
74
Which radical liberals saw the October manifesto only a start to reform
Kadets
75
Which document did the kadets release in protest of the premature closing of the first duma
Vyborg appeal
76
Which group won the largest number of seats in the first duma
Kadets
77
How many seats did the kadets get in the first duma
182
78
What did the vyborg appeal to do
Not pay taxes
79
How many signed the vyborg appeal
200
80
What was the consequences of the vyborg appeal
Banned from next election
81
How many seats did the kadets win in the second duma
98
82
How many seats did the kadets win in the third and fourth Dumas
50+
83
How many seats did the Oktoberists get in the third duma
154
84
How many seats did the Octoberists get in the fouth duma
Less than 100
85
Which years did the harvest fail
1892
1898
1901
86
How many SR assassinations
2000
87
How did the bolsheviks raise money
Bank robberies
88
When was the fall of port Arthur
Jan 1905
89
Where were the Russians defeated by the Japanese
Murkden
| Tsushima
90
Where did the firing at the crowd happen in Bloody Sunday
Winter palace
91
Where was the naval uprising in jan 1905
The Black Sea
92
When was the st Petersburg soviet formed
1905 October
93
How many workers striked due to Bloody Sunday
400,000
94
How many workers had been on strike by 1905
3 million
95
Which event led to the formation of the st pet soviet
Sept to October general strike
96
What’s another name for a major peasant revolt
Jacquerie
97
Where did the first major peasant uprising start
Kursk
98
What was the name of the main revolt in the military in 1905
Potemkin mutiny
99
Who forced the tsar to agree to publish the October manifesto
Sergei witte
100
How many delegates in the st pet soviet
400
101
How many factories did the 400 delegates represent
100
102
Which party was most involved in the soviets j
Mensheviks
103
When was the st pet soviet shut down
December 1905
104
How long did the police and army fight the workers defending the soviet for
2 weeks
105
How many died when the police clashed with workers in dec 1905
1000
106
When did the Russo Japanese war end
August 1905
107
Which counter revolutionary terror group was used to hunt down opposition to the tsar
Black hundreds
108
What was the lower house of the Russian parliament
Duma
109
What was the upper House
Council of state
110
Which article allowed the tsar to rule by decree when the duma wasn’t in session
Article 87
111
When did the Russian gentry produce demands to the tsar
1894
112
What year was the act to restrict workers to 11.5 hour days
1897
113
What was the great spurt caused by
Increase coal output in the Ukraine
114
How many Jews were killed in the pogroms
2,000
115
Who was convicted of killing Christian children
Mendel beilis
116
Who was the head of the Moscow okranaj
Sergei zubatov
117
How many people were killed in Bloody Sunday
130
118
How many wounded on Bloody Sunday
300
119
How many men in the st pet sov Militia
6000
120
Give an example of a concession in the October manifesto
Duma
Freedom of speech
Universal male suffeage
