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Who was the tsars chief minister through most of the duma period

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Peter Stolypin

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When did Nicholas introduce the fundamental laws

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1906

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Which part of the fundamental laws allowed Nicholas to rule by decree when the duma wasn’t in session

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Article 87

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4
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When was stolypin assassinates

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1911

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5
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Which group encouraged peasant uprisings 1906-7

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The social revolutionaries

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How many government officials were murdered in 1907

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1,000+

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How many people did stolypin hang between 1906 and 07

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1,000

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How many death sentences were handed out between 1908 and 1909

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3,600

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9
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How many sentences to hard labour in prison camps 1908 to 1909

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4,500

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How many newspapers closed down 1906-12

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1,000

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How many trade unions shut down

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600

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12
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When were the redemption payments cancelled

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1907

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13
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Where were peasants encourages to buy cheaper land

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Siberia

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14
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What percentage of people owned their own land in 1906

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20%

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What percentage of people owned their own land by 1914

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50%

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16
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What was grain production in 1906

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46 million tonnes

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17
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What was grain production by 1914

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62 million tonnes

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18
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When was the Lena goldfields massacre

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1912

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19
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When was a health and accident insurance system introduced for industrial workers

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1912

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20
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Which pm was removed via a vote of no confidence in 1906

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Goremykin

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21
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How long did the last duma last

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72 days

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22
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What was the third Dumas nickname

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The duma of lords and lackeys

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How long did the third duma last

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5 years

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Where did the Russian armies invade at the beginning of ww1

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East Prussia

Galicia

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Where did the Germans halt the Russian advance
Tannenbourg
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When was the battle of tannenburb
September 1914
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Which two countries launched a joint offensive to kick the Russians out of Poland
Germany and Austria
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When was this joint offensive
1915
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What was Nicholas last major offensive
Brusilov
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When was the brusilov offensive
June 1916
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Which country joined the war during brusilov
Romania
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When did Russia start to lose the brusilov
August 1916
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How much inflation did the government case in the last two years of the war
200%
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How many men had been in the military by 1916
15 million
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Which organisations helped liberal businessmen help the war effort
Zemgor
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Which groups made up the progressive bloc
Progressivists Kadets Oktoberists
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When was Rasputin murdered
December 1916
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When did industrial unrest begin in Petrograd
Jan 1917
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Why was there industrial unrest in jan 1917
Commerate Bloody Sunday
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When did the gov start bread rationing
19 Feb 1917
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When was the international women’s day demonstration
23 feb 1917
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Which factory had a large strike on the 23 feb
Putilov steel
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When was the Petrograd mutiny
26 feb 1917
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Which regiment refused to carry out the first order
Pavlovsky lifeguard
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How many members of the duma refused to be dissolved
12
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What did the 12 members later become j
The provisional government
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When did Nicholas offer to work with the duma
28 feb 1917
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Who refused Nicholas’s ask to share power
Rodzianko
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When was the Petrograd soviet created
1 March 1917
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When did Nicholas return to Petrograd
1 March 1917
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Where did Nicholas get held up
Pskov
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How far away was Pskov from Petrograd
250km
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Who did Nicholas abdicate for
His son
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Who did the crown go to
Grand duke Michael
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Who declared himself prime minister
Prince Lvov
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When were the communes dissolved
1910
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What was the first duma called
The duma of public anger
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How long did the second duma last
3 months
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What year did the Russian army retreat
1916
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When was Trotsky sentenced to lifetime exile in Siberia
1906
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When did stolypin proclaim emergency’ state
August 1906
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When was there a run of good harvests
1909-13
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How many applicants for land consolidation were there before 1916
6 million
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How many of six mill withdrawals
1/3
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Annual grain growth
2%
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Average population increase
1.5%
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Which industries increase due to stolypin
Steel Grain Pig iron
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Percentage in food prep
60%
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What fraction of production was textiles
1/3
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What was the key phrase for stolypin
First pacification then reforms
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What percentage of women were factory workers by 1914
33%
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When did Russia mobilise for ww1
July 1914
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When did Germany declare war on Russia
1 August 1914
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How many rifles per month first year
100,000
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Rifles per month actual
27000
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How many injured in the great retreat from Poland
1 million
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What was the drop in cereal production below the annual average in 1916
10%
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Fall in agriculture products during the war
15%
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When were the fuel and metal shortages
1915
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When did the tsar become supreme commander of the army
August 1915
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How far away was the tsar to become suprem commander
600km
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How many working days lost in 1916 due to strikes
750,000
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Who asked Nicholas to abdicate
Generals on the frontline
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Which parties made up a majority of the provisional government
Kadets and ovtobersisg
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Dual power
Petrograd soviet | Oh
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When did Lenin return to Russia
April 1917
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What was the name of his political proposal
April thesis
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Pg launched offensive
June offensive
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Which uprising happened due to the fails of the June offensive
July days
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How long was July days
4 days
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Who was lvovs successor as pm
Kerensky
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Which minister believe in gov control over revolutnaries at home
Kornilov
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When did the bolsheviks secure a majority in the ps
9 sept 1917
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Which committee did the soviets set up
Military revolutionary committee
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What was the meeting of the Russian soviets called
The all Russian congress of soviets i
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Who ordered the red guards into action in response to kerensky
Trotsky
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When did Trotsky mobilise the red guard
25th Oct 1917
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How long did it take the bolsheviks to get power
3 days
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What was the new gov called
Sovnarkom
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Who called Russia the freest country in the world
Lenin
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First pm of the provisional gov
Lvov
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First foreign minister of pg
Milyukov
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Who was the first socialist minister of pg
Kerensky
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When did kerensky become prime minister
July 1917
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Who’s was the chairman of the executive committee in the ps
Chekheidze
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What three words did Lenin use in his April thesis
Bread peace land
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Who did kerensky appoint supreme commander of the army
Kornilov
108
When did Trotsky become president of the ps
25 sept 1917

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