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1
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Witte put Russia on the gold standard and was the author of the what in 1905?

A

The October Manifesto

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Which was not a Russian class according to Michael Lynch?

  • upper
  • lower
  • middle
  • working and peasants
A

lower

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3
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In the 1887 census, the upper class was what percentage of the population?

A

12.5

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4
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In the 1897 census, the peasant class was what percentage of the population?

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82

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5
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In 1904, who became a key figure in unrest at which steel plant in St Petersburg?

A

Father Gapon / Putilov

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6
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The SD program formed in ____ and was based on the theories of ____?

A

1898 / Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

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7
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Lenin published ‘What is to be done?’ in ___?

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1902

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8
Q

The Socialist Revolutionary Party (SRs) were led by ____ / focused on ____?

A

Victor Chernov / agrarian socialist reform

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9
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For industrial workers the average working day was how many hours?

A

10.5

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10
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After the 1903 SD split, who led the Mensheviks?

A

Julius Martov

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11
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Tsar’s official number of people killed at Bloody Sunday vs highest estimates…

A

96 / 4000

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12
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At the Battle of Mukden, Russia lost how many men?

A

90,000

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13
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Which ship mutinied and killed its officers in 1905?

A

Potemkin

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14
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During the RJ-W the Tsar increased military spending by what percentage?

A

50 per cent

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List 2 parties that wanted reform along Liberal-Democratic lines, not socialist.

A

Kadets + Octobrists

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16
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The Kadets were led by who?

A

Pavel Miliukov

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17
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The Tsar regretted signing the October Manifesto, saying that he felt “sick with…

A

… shame at his betrayal of the dynasty.”

18
Q

Late 1905 the Tsar’s police arrested ______ members of the St Petersburg Soviet.

A

260

19
Q

Late 1905 the Tsar’s police shut down…

A

Socialist newspapers

20
Q

In late 1905, in reaction to arrests / newspaper closures, the Moscow Soviet…

A

Blockaded streets, shelled buildings, murdered gov officials

21
Q

In April 1906 there was a major revision of the 1832…

A

Fundamental Laws

22
Q

The Tsar forced the Duma to work with a…

A

State / Imperial Council

23
Q

What article have the Tsar power over the Duma?

A

87

24
Q

On 8 July, 1906 Nicholas II appointed who as Prime Minister?

A

Pyotr Stolypin

25
Q

Ahead of elections for the Third Duma, Stolypin did what two things?

A

Reduced Duma delegates by 70 / reduced citizens able to vote

26
Q

When conscription orders were issued, what per cent of conscripts who reported for duty?

A

95

27
Q

As peasants were sent to their deaths, kulaks got what percent of arable land?

A

90

28
Q

The Tsarina’s many poor appointments for Prime Ministers / Ministers led to…?

A

“Ministerial Leapfrog”

29
Q

Russia printed money to cope and by late 1916 inflation had reached almost…

A

400 percent

30
Q

The ______ Campaign saw victories for Russia, after which defeat resumed…

A

Brusilov

31
Q

By mid-1916 _____ percent of Russia’s railway stock was unusable

A

30

32
Q

Miliukov asked the Forth Duma if military disorganisation was “stupidity or _____”?

A

Treason

33
Q

By 1917, how many Russian soldiers had been killed in WWI?

A

1.7 million

34
Q

Moscow needed 120 freight cars of grain a day but was receiving…

A

1/6 of this

35
Q

By the end of the month how many people were on strike, having joined in IWD?

A

300,000

36
Q

Who was in charge of the Duma on 26 February 1917?

A

Mikhail Rodzianko

37
Q

What did Rodzianko form against the Tsar in the days following 26 February 1917?

A

A twelve-man Provisional Committee

38
Q

Who was in charge of the Petrograd Garrison in St Petersburg?

A

General Khabalov

39
Q

The Petrograd Garrison was designed to hold 20,000 but in February 1917 held…?

A

160,000

40
Q

In the April Theses, Lenin said what for PG?

A

“no support”

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