The Great War by Taylor Swift

Question 1

How many were involved in strikes in the first half of 1914

Answer 1

1.5 million

Question 2

What was the state of Liberal opposition going into WWI

Answer 2

Fragmented due to reputations destroyed by Duma

Question 3

What was Russia’s ranking as a global economic power by 1915

Answer 3

5th largest

Question 4

Who was General Brusilov

Answer 4

Successful Russian General who led push backs against Austria-Hungary

Question 5

What was inflation 1914-1916

Answer 5

Food prices 4x
Wages 2x

Question 6

How many were conscripted to the Russian army and what percentage of the population was this

Answer 6

15,000,000

9% (less than Germany’s 20%)

Question 7

What was St Petersburg renamed to due to sounding too German

Answer 7

Petrograd

Question 8

How many army desertions were there in 1916

Answer 8

1.5 million

Question 9

How much money was spent on the war in 1914

Answer 9

1914 - 1.5 billion rubles

Question 10

How much money was spent on the war in total

Answer 10

14.5 billion rubles

Question 11

How many were injured during the war

Answer 11

8 million

Question 12

How was the Trans-Siberian railway effected by the war

Answer 12

Used to transport supplies to the factories on front lines, cities and troops
System collapsed causing food to rot

Question 13

What product was controversially banned through out the war

Answer 13

Vodka

Question 14

What caused an influx of refugees into Russia

Answer 14

Loss of land such as Poland to the Germans

Question 15

How many were killed at the Battle of Tannenberg in August 1914

Answer 15

300,000

Question 16

How many were killed in the retreat out of Poland

Answer 16

1 Million

Question 17

How is the lack of weapons best demonstrated

Answer 17

Many soldiers had to wait for others to die before they could take up arms

Question 18

In 1914 what was the amount of ammunition supplied vs what was needed

Answer 18

13,000 rounds supplied, 45,000 needed

Question 19

How much did the cost of living rise

Answer 19

300%

Question 20

How many went on strike in January 1917

Answer 20

300,000 in Moscow
145,000 in Petrograd

Question 21

What was the Congress of Representatives of Industry and Business

Answer 21

Organisation set by private business men to help production of basic supplies

Question 22

When did the Zemgor form

Answer 22

June 1915

Question 23

How did Nicholas react to the Zemgor

Answer 23

Limited their power
Blamed them for stirring up trouble

Question 24

How many different Prime Ministers were there between September 1915 & Feb 1917

Answer 24

4

Question 25

Where did the German’s drop propaganda showing Alexandra and Rasputin in an explicit relationship

Answer 25

Petrograd

Question 26

Who killed Rasputin in 1916

Answer 26

Prince Yusupov (Tsar’s nephew)

Question 27

How was Nicholas going to the front disastrous

Answer 27

Left Tsarina in charge
Personal responsibility for losses
He was incompetent

Question 28

How many institutions were a member of the Zemgor’s supply chain plan

Answer 28

8,000

Question 29

What was the Zemgor’s budget

Answer 29

2 billion rubles

Question 30

Why did the Zemgor form

Answer 30

No government plan on supplying front lines

Question 31

What was the Progressive Bloc

Answer 31

Duma organisation to attempt to stop Russia collapsing

Question 32

When did Nicholas go to the front

Answer 32

August 1915

Question 33

Why was military leadership so weak

Answer 33

Cronyism and Nepotism