Russian Revolution

Question 0

When is the Russian Social Democrat Party founded?

Answer 0

1898

Question 1

When does Tsar Nicholas II come to the throne?

Answer 1

1894

Question 2

When does the Social Democrat Party, meeting in exile in London, split into the Mensheviks and Bolsheviks?

Answer 2

1903

Question 3

When is there a revolution, mainly in response to defeat in a war against Japan?

Answer 3

1905

Question 4

When does the Duma meet?

Answer 4

1906

Question 5

When is Stolypin assassinated?

Answer 5

1911

Question 6

Between what years does Russia fight in the First World War on the side of the Allies?

Answer 6

1914-1917

Question 7

When is the Provisional Government formed?

Answer 7

February 1917

Question 8

When does Lenin return to Russia and call for peace, land reform and revolution?

Answer 8

April 1917

Question 9

When does Kerensky take over as Prime Minister of the Provisional Government?

Answer 9

July 1917

Question 10

When do the Bolsheviks seize power?

Answer 10

October 1917

Question 11

What happens in December 1917?

Answer 11

Bolshevik government takes over all banks, businesses and trade. The Cheka is formed and uses terror against Bolsheviks’ enemies

Question 12

When do the Bolsheviks exclude all other parties from power - one party rule?

Answer 12

January 1918

Question 13

What happens in May 1918?

Answer 13

Communists hold less then half of Russia and Civil War breaks out with their many opponents. The Bolsheviks change their name to the Communist Party

Question 14

When are Tsar Nicholas and his family executed?

Answer 14

July 1918

Question 15

What happens between 1918 and 1921?

Answer 15

Civil War

Question 16

Who wins the Civil War?

Answer 16

The Communists (‘Reds’)

Question 17

What policy is introduced following the Civil War?

Answer 17

The New Economic Policy, which allows private trade

Question 18

When does Lenin die?

Answer 18

1924

Question 19

What are Karl Marx’s five stages of history?

Answer 19

Primitive communism
Slavery
Feudalism
Capitalism
The Workers' State

Question 20

What were the three immediate causes of the 1905 revolution?

Answer 20

Bad Harvests
Depression in the world economy
Minority nationalities