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Russia III Flashcards

1
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Who was the tsars chief minister through most of the duma period

A

Peter Stolypin

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2
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When did Nicholas introduce the fundamental laws

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1906

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3
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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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6
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How many government officials were murdered in 1907

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1,000+

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7
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How many people did stolypin hang between 1906 and 07

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1,000

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8
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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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10
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How many newspapers closed down 1906-12

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1,000

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11
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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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15
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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

A

46 million tonnes

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17
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What was grain production by 1914

A

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

A

Goremykin

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21
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How long did the last duma last

A

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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23
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How long did the third duma last

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5 years

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24
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Where did the Russian armies invade at the beginning of ww1

A

East Prussia

Galicia

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25
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Where did the Germans halt the Russian advance

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Tannenbourg

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26
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When was the battle of tannenburb

A

September 1914

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27
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Which two countries launched a joint offensive to kick the Russians out of Poland

A

Germany and Austria

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28
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When was this joint offensive

A

1915

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29
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What was Nicholas last major offensive

A

Brusilov

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30
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When was the brusilov offensive

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June 1916

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31
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Which country joined the war during brusilov

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Romania

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32
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When did Russia start to lose the brusilov

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August 1916

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33
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How much inflation did the government case in the last two years of the war

A

200%

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34
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How many men had been in the military by 1916

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15 million

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35
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Which organisations helped liberal businessmen help the war effort

A

Zemgor

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36
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Which groups made up the progressive bloc

A

Progressivists
Kadets
Oktoberists

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37
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When was Rasputin murdered

A

December 1916

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38
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When did industrial unrest begin in Petrograd

A

Jan 1917

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39
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Why was there industrial unrest in jan 1917

A

Commerate Bloody Sunday

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40
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When did the gov start bread rationing

A

19 Feb 1917

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41
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When was the international women’s day demonstration

A

23 feb 1917

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42
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Which factory had a large strike on the 23 feb

A

Putilov steel

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43
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When was the Petrograd mutiny

A

26 feb 1917

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44
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Which regiment refused to carry out the first order

A

Pavlovsky lifeguard

45
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How many members of the duma refused to be dissolved

A

12

46
Q

What did the 12 members later become j

A

The provisional government

47
Q

When did Nicholas offer to work with the duma

A

28 feb 1917

48
Q

Who refused Nicholas’s ask to share power

A

Rodzianko

49
Q

When was the Petrograd soviet created

A

1 March 1917

50
Q

When did Nicholas return to Petrograd

A

1 March 1917

51
Q

Where did Nicholas get held up

A

Pskov

52
Q

How far away was Pskov from Petrograd

A

250km

53
Q

Who did Nicholas abdicate for

A

His son

54
Q

Who did the crown go to

A

Grand duke Michael

55
Q

Who declared himself prime minister

A

Prince Lvov

56
Q

When were the communes dissolved

A

1910

57
Q

What was the first duma called

A

The duma of public anger

58
Q

How long did the second duma last

A

3 months

59
Q

What year did the Russian army retreat

A

1916

60
Q

When was Trotsky sentenced to lifetime exile in Siberia

A

1906

61
Q

When did stolypin proclaim emergency’ state

A

August 1906

62
Q

When was there a run of good harvests

A

1909-13

63
Q

How many applicants for land consolidation were there before 1916

A

6 million

64
Q

How many of six mill withdrawals

A

1/3

65
Q

Annual grain growth

A

2%

66
Q

Average population increase

A

1.5%

67
Q

Which industries increase due to stolypin

A

Steel
Grain
Pig iron

68
Q

Percentage in food prep

A

60%

69
Q

What fraction of production was textiles

A

1/3

70
Q

What was the key phrase for stolypin

A

First pacification then reforms

71
Q

What percentage of women were factory workers by 1914

A

33%

72
Q

When did Russia mobilise for ww1

A

July 1914

73
Q

When did Germany declare war on Russia

A

1 August 1914

74
Q

How many rifles per month first year

A

100,000

75
Q

Rifles per month actual

A

27000

76
Q

How many injured in the great retreat from Poland

A

1 million

77
Q

What was the drop in cereal production below the annual average in 1916

A

10%

78
Q

Fall in agriculture products during the war

A

15%

79
Q

When were the fuel and metal shortages

A

1915

80
Q

When did the tsar become supreme commander of the army

A

August 1915

81
Q

How far away was the tsar to become suprem commander

A

600km

82
Q

How many working days lost in 1916 due to strikes

A

750,000

83
Q

Who asked Nicholas to abdicate

A

Generals on the frontline

84
Q

Which parties made up a majority of the provisional government

A

Kadets and ovtobersisg

85
Q

Dual power

A

Petrograd soviet

Oh

86
Q

When did Lenin return to Russia

A

April 1917

87
Q

What was the name of his political proposal

A

April thesis

88
Q

Pg launched offensive

A

June offensive

89
Q

Which uprising happened due to the fails of the June offensive

A

July days

90
Q

How long was July days

A

4 days

91
Q

Who was lvovs successor as pm

A

Kerensky

92
Q

Which minister believe in gov control over revolutnaries at home

A

Kornilov

93
Q

When did the bolsheviks secure a majority in the ps

A

9 sept 1917

94
Q

Which committee did the soviets set up

A

Military revolutionary committee

95
Q

What was the meeting of the Russian soviets called

A

The all Russian congress of soviets i

96
Q

Who ordered the red guards into action in response to kerensky

A

Trotsky

97
Q

When did Trotsky mobilise the red guard

A

25th Oct 1917

98
Q

How long did it take the bolsheviks to get power

A

3 days

99
Q

What was the new gov called

A

Sovnarkom

100
Q

Who called Russia the freest country in the world

A

Lenin

101
Q

First pm of the provisional gov

A

Lvov

102
Q

First foreign minister of pg

A

Milyukov

103
Q

Who was the first socialist minister of pg

A

Kerensky

104
Q

When did kerensky become prime minister

A

July 1917

105
Q

Who’s was the chairman of the executive committee in the ps

A

Chekheidze

106
Q

What three words did Lenin use in his April thesis

A

Bread peace land

107
Q

Who did kerensky appoint supreme commander of the army

A

Kornilov

108
Q

When did Trotsky become president of the ps

A

25 sept 1917

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