Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution

Question 1

During what period did the ideology is Socialism come up?

Answer 1

Mid 19th century

Question 2

What was the major religion in Russia?

Answer 2

Russian orthodox Christianity from greek orthodox chruch

Question 3

Who advocated nationalism in Italy after 1815?

Answer 3

Guiseppe Mazzini

Question 4

Guess the ideology based on clues:
(i) Opposed to power with monarch
(ii) Wanted an independent judiciary
(iii) favoured men over women

Answer 4

Liberals

Question 5

What was the problem with private property?

Answer 5

Owners only cared for personal gain capitalism.

Question 6

What made russian peasants different from other european peasants?

Answer 6

1. Had no respect for nobility and wanted land of nobles
2. Pooled their land and divided the commune

Question 7

Name a democratic party formed by workers in urban areas.

Answer 7

Russian Social Democratic Workers Party, 1898

Question 8

Who were called natural socialists?

Answer 8

Russian peasants

Question 9

Who were the Bolsheviks?

Answer 9

The Bolsheviks believed that the party should be limited and disciplined.
Led by Lenin.

Question 10

Who were Mensheviks?

Answer 10

Were open to ideas and people.
Led by Julius Martov

Question 11

What started the 1905 revolution?

Answer 11

Bloody Sunday

Question 12

What was the outcome of the 1905 Revolution?

Answer 12

Formation of Duma (elected consultative parliament)

Question 13

Why did support for Tsar decline during WWI?

Answer 13

1. He refused to consult the Duma
2. Rasputin (monk) was a bad advisor
3. Tsar’s wife, Tsarina Alexandria was of German origin

Question 14

What was St. Petersburg renamed into?

Answer 14

Petrograd

Question 15

What was Petrograd known as before WW1?

Answer 15

St. Petersburg

Question 16

When was the International Women’s Day celebrated in the February Revolution?

Answer 16

22 February (Julian calendar)

Question 17

Name the river flowing through Petrograd.

Answer 17

River Neva

Question 18

Amidst which revolution was the ‘Petrograd Soviet’ formed?

Answer 18

February Revolution

Question 19

When was Tsar abdicated?

Answer 19

2nd March, 1917 (post February Revolution)

Question 20

What were points in Lenin’s April Theses?

Answer 20

1. War be brought to a close
2. Lands be redistributed and transferred to peasants
3. Banks be nationalised

Question 21

When did the Bolshevik revolution occur?

Answer 21

24th Oct, 1917 (through the October Revolution)

Question 22

When and where did the Bolsheviks make peace with Germany?

Answer 22

At Brest Litovsk, in March 1918

Question 23

What are the following names for:
Cheka, OGPU, NKVD

Answer 23

Russian Secret Police

Question 24

When did the Civil War occur?

Answer 24

1918-20

Question 25

Who were the ‘reds’ during the Russian Civil war?

Answer 25

Bolsheviks

Question 26

Who were the ‘whites’ during the Russian Civil war?

Answer 26

pro-Tsarists

Question 27

Who were the ‘greens’ during the Russian Civil war?

Answer 27

Socialist Revolutionaries

Question 28

Who headed the Russian Communist Party after Lenin?

Answer 28

Stalin

Question 29

Who are kulaks?

Answer 29

Kulaks were the well-to-do peasants in Soviet Russia

Question 30

Who were Jadidists?

Answer 30

Muslim reformers within Russian Empire