Theme 1- Nature of government

Question 1

When did Alexander II become Tsar?

Answer 1

1855

Question 2

What ideology did the Tsars believe in?

Answer 2

Autocracy

Question 3

In what year was Alexander II assassinated?

Answer 3

1881

Question 4

How did Alexander III describe the proposals in the Loris-Melikov constitution?

Answer 4

Senseless dreams

Question 5

What is the name for the secret police in Alexander III’s reign?

Answer 5

Okhrana

Question 6

In what year were Land Captains introduced?

Answer 6

1889

Question 7

How were Land Captains chosen?

Answer 7

From a list chosen by the provincial nobility and approved by the provincial governor

Question 8

What did the 1890 zemstvo act do?

Answer 8

Brought the zemstva under direct central control

Question 9

When did Nicholas II become Tsar?

Answer 9

1894

Question 10

Who led the march on Bloody Sunday?

Answer 10

Father Gapon

Question 11

What were the 3 main types of opposition on Nicholas II’s reign?

Answer 11

Populist, Marxist, Liberal

Question 12

When was the split of the SDs into the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks?

Answer 12

1903

Question 13

What were the violent branch of the SRs known as?

Answer 13

The Combat Detachment

Question 14

When did the Romanovs celebrate their tricentenary?

Answer 14

1913

Question 15

When was the October Revolution?

Answer 15

24-26 October 1917

Question 16

Which party won the most votes in the November 1917 elections?

Answer 16

The SRs

Question 17

What replaced ministers in the Bolshevik government?

Answer 17

Commissars

Question 18

What position did Stalin gain in 1917?

Answer 18

Commissar for the Nationalities

Question 19

Give two examples of Bolshevik policies in October/November 1917

Answer 19

Maximum 8 hour day; social insurance

Question 20

When was the Cheka set up?

Answer 20

December 1917

Question 21

Give two examples of policies that affected the church in December 1917

Answer 21

Marriage and divorce were made civil matters; church land was nationalised

Question 22

What positions did Stalin have that helped in his rise to power?

Answer 22

General Secretary; Commissar for the Nationalities

Question 23

What role did Stalin have in the Civil War?

Answer 23

Commissar for the Nationalities

Question 24

What was the Politburo?

Answer 24

The Central Committee’s inner cabinet

Question 25

What was the Orgburo?

Answer 25

The Party’s Bureau of Organisation

Question 26

Name 3 Bolsheviks on the Left of the Party during the power struggle.

Answer 26

Trotsky, Kamenev, Zinoviev

Question 27

Which five men were in the collective leadership that took over after Stalin’s death?

Answer 27

Bukharin, Rykov, Tomsky

Question 28

How was Beria removed from power?

Answer 28

Accused of crimes and Zhukov rushed in and arrested him. Executed after 6 months (in Dec 1953)

Question 29

How did Khrushchev outmanoeuvre Malenkov?

Answer 29

Made him take the blame for poor harvest in 1953