Section A Evidence Flashcards
Witte put Russia on the gold standard and was the author of the what in 1905?
The October Manifesto
Which was not a Russian class according to Michael Lynch?
- upper
- lower
- middle
- working and peasants
lower
In the 1887 census, the upper class was what percentage of the population?
12.5
In the 1897 census, the peasant class was what percentage of the population?
82
In 1904, who became a key figure in unrest at which steel plant in St Petersburg?
Father Gapon / Putilov
The SD program formed in ____ and was based on the theories of ____?
1898 / Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Lenin published ‘What is to be done?’ in ___?
1902
The Socialist Revolutionary Party (SRs) were led by ____ / focused on ____?
Victor Chernov / agrarian socialist reform
For industrial workers the average working day was how many hours?
10.5
After the 1903 SD split, who led the Mensheviks?
Julius Martov
Tsar’s official number of people killed at Bloody Sunday vs highest estimates…
96 / 4000
At the Battle of Mukden, Russia lost how many men?
90,000
Which ship mutinied and killed its officers in 1905?
Potemkin
During the RJ-W the Tsar increased military spending by what percentage?
50 per cent
List 2 parties that wanted reform along Liberal-Democratic lines, not socialist.
Kadets + Octobrists
The Kadets were led by who?
Pavel Miliukov
The Tsar regretted signing the October Manifesto, saying that he felt “sick with…
… shame at his betrayal of the dynasty.”
Late 1905 the Tsar’s police arrested ______ members of the St Petersburg Soviet.
260
Late 1905 the Tsar’s police shut down…
Socialist newspapers
In late 1905, in reaction to arrests / newspaper closures, the Moscow Soviet…
Blockaded streets, shelled buildings, murdered gov officials
In April 1906 there was a major revision of the 1832…
Fundamental Laws
The Tsar forced the Duma to work with a…
State / Imperial Council
What article have the Tsar power over the Duma?
87
On 8 July, 1906 Nicholas II appointed who as Prime Minister?
Pyotr Stolypin
Ahead of elections for the Third Duma, Stolypin did what two things?
Reduced Duma delegates by 70 / reduced citizens able to vote
When conscription orders were issued, what per cent of conscripts who reported for duty?
95
As peasants were sent to their deaths, kulaks got what percent of arable land?
90
The Tsarina’s many poor appointments for Prime Ministers / Ministers led to…?
“Ministerial Leapfrog”
Russia printed money to cope and by late 1916 inflation had reached almost…
400 percent
The ______ Campaign saw victories for Russia, after which defeat resumed…
Brusilov
By mid-1916 _____ percent of Russia’s railway stock was unusable
30
Miliukov asked the Forth Duma if military disorganisation was “stupidity or _____”?
Treason
By 1917, how many Russian soldiers had been killed in WWI?
1.7 million
Moscow needed 120 freight cars of grain a day but was receiving…
1/6 of this
By the end of the month how many people were on strike, having joined in IWD?
300,000
Who was in charge of the Duma on 26 February 1917?
Mikhail Rodzianko
What did Rodzianko form against the Tsar in the days following 26 February 1917?
A twelve-man Provisional Committee
Who was in charge of the Petrograd Garrison in St Petersburg?
General Khabalov
The Petrograd Garrison was designed to hold 20,000 but in February 1917 held…?
160,000
In the April Theses, Lenin said what for PG?
“no support”
