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Question 1

Under Witte in 1900, what % of all industry founded since 1891?

Answer 1

1900, 40% of all industry founded since 1891

Question 2

How many workers were striking nationwide in the 1905 revolution?

Answer 2

400’000 workers

Question 3

As part of article 87 how many votes were needed from:

• workers
• upper classes

to get someone elected?

Answer 3

100,000 votes needed from workers

200 votes from upper classes

Question 4

What % does land ownership increase by under Stolypin?

Answer 4

Land ownership increased by 30%

Question 5

How many people were hung in ‘Stolypin’s necktie’?

Answer 5

3000 people were hung in ‘Stolypin’s necktie’

Question 6

Under Stolypin what happens to state revenue?

Answer 6

State revenue doubles from 2 billion to 4 billion roubles over 6 years

Question 7

Under PG what was inflation for bread and meat?

Answer 7

bread = 360%, meat = 700%

Question 8

Under PG how many jobs are lost and factories closed due to fuel shortages?

Answer 8

Fuel shortages mean 500 factories close, 100,000 jobs lost

Question 9

What % of farmland does Russia lose as part of the Treaty of Bret-Livotsk?

Answer 9

27% of farmland

Question 10

What % of railways does Russia lose as part of the Treaty of Bret-Livotsk?

Answer 10

Russia losses 26% of its railways

Question 11

What % of coal and oil reserves does Russia lose as part of the Treaty of Bret-Livotsk?

Answer 11

Russia losses 74% of coal and oil reserves

Question 12

As a fraction, how much of their population does Russia lose as part of the Treaty of Bret-Livotsk?

Answer 12

Russia losses ⅙ of the population

Question 13

Due to NEP what % does factory output increase by?

Answer 13

Factory output increased by 200%

Question 14

Due to NEP what % does grain production increase by?

Answer 14

Grain production by 40%

Question 15

Due to NEP, what % of industries are nationalised?

Answer 15

80% of industries were nationalised

Question 16

What does Yudenich do in Civil War? (2)

Answer 16

Yudenich:

• a small army of 15,000 in the west
• led his forces to the outskirts of Petrograd before being crushed by Red’s

Question 17

What does Denikin do in Civil War? (4)

Answer 17

Denikin:

• a large Army in the south
• containing lots of Cossacks
• intended to join his army up with Kolchak, yet Stalin kept control of Tsaritsyn (crucial for grain surprise) preventing them from uniting
• launched an offensive (summer 1919) coming close to Moscow, but Trotsky saved the city

Question 18

What does Kolchak do in Civil War? (4)

Answer 18

Kolchak:

• led army in the west
• At first successful, yet failed due to Red counter-attacks inter quarrels and revolts staged by SR’s

Question 19

Due to Lenin Enrollment, how much did the party grow by between 1922 and 25?

Answer 19

The party grew from 340’000 in 1922 to 600’000 in 1925

Question 20

What happened to Tomsky in 1929 after he was defeated?

Answer 20

Tomsky was no longer the national trade union leader

Question 21

What happened to Uglanov in 1929 after he was defeated?

Answer 21

Uglanov had been replaced in the Moscow party organisation

Question 22

What happened to Bukharin in 1929 after he was defeated?

Answer 22

Bukharin had been voted out as chairman of the Comintern and had lost his place in the Politburo

Question 23

What happened to Trotsky in 1926 after he was defeated?

Answer 23

Trotsky was expelled from both the Politburo and central committee

Question 24

What happened to Kamenev and Zinoviev in 1926 after he was defeated?

Answer 24

Kamenev and Zinoviev were dismissed as Soviet chairman