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U8 L5 The Russian Revolution: 1917 Flashcards

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1
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What are the 6 factors that led to the 1917 Revolution?

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  • inadequate living conditions
  • low wages for working class
  • short food supply
  • nobility owned all land
  • Russia involved in WWI
  • disagreement in how the country’s political structure should be changed
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What was the difference in how the Moderates and Radicals wanted to change Russia’s political sturtcure?

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M- democratic system with constitutional monarchy

R- revolution, power to socialist or communist government

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The radicals said that the Western democracy was incomplete because it did not include what?

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economic freedom

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What war resulted in Russia being the first European army to be defeated by an Asian power?

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Russo Japanese War

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What were the Russia’s battle losses mainly due to?

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lack of industrial development

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How did food shortages affect prices?

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increased

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Due to the war of Germany, there was distrust of which czarina? Why was there distrust?

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  • Empress Alexandra
  • German
  • manipulating govt
  • key advisor, Grigori Rasputin
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Who was Grigori Rasputin?

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  • peasant monk and mystic

- key advisor to Empress Alexandra

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What was the capital city of Russia renamed after Russia entered WWI?

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Petrograd

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10
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How did the police act towards the worker demonstrations/riots in Petrograd?

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sometimes did nothing, turn away, or hesitantly dispersed them

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Was Czarina Alexandra aware of the worker demonstrations/riots? How did she think of it?

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  • yes

- thought little of it

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12
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When did the killing start?

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Saturday, Feb 25

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13
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What is anarchy?

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society without govt or laws

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What is a Czarina?

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female monarch/emperor of Russia before 1917

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On February 26, Czar Nicholas received a telegram from who? What did it insist? And What was Rodzankyo concerned about?

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  • Mikhail Rodzyanko
  • call session of Duma to put major reforms
  • soldiers who refused to shoot at the mob
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Who was Mikhail Rodzyanko?

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president of the Duma

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On Monday, February 28, what did the soldiers tell their captain and do?

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  • they will not kill citizens
  • in mutiny, killed captain
  • gave crows guns
  • freed 2400 prisoners
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18
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When Nicholas learned that his support among the generals was gone, he had no choice but to do what?

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abdicate

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What does abdicate mean?

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  • withdraw from high office/throne

- surrender power

20
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on March 15, 1917, Nicholas abdicated in favor of who?

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his brother, Grand Duke Mikhail

21
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Mikhail refused the crown unless he had what?

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people’s support

22
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Did Mikhail(brother) have the people’s support?

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no

23
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When the Czar’s cabinet was imprison and Nicholas abdicated, what Govt took over?

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Provisional Government

24
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Who led the Provisional Government?

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Alexander Kerensky

25
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What was the Provisional Goverment made up of?

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  • businessmen
  • bankers
  • lawyers
26
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On March 16, Mikhail(bro) wrote a manifesto to who, and proposed what?

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  • Duma, Russian Parliament
  • if imperial family lose power
  • Parliament take control and set constitutional monarchy
  • Mikhail would be Monarch with no authority
27
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Did the Provisional Government accept Mikhail’s manifesto? What was it treated as?

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  • no

- own letter of abdication

28
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After Mikhail’s manifesto, the Provisional Govt was recognized by what countries as the legal govt of Russia?

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France and England

29
Q

On August 1917, the Romanov family was sent to which city?

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Siberian city of Tobolsk

30
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Who were the soviets?

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  • local council in the early political organization of the Russian revolution
  • elected among factory workers, soldiers, peasants
31
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What government did the soviets oppose?

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Provisional Govt

32
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On October 1917, Lenin convinced the Bolshevik party to overthrow what?

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Provisional Govt

33
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On November 6, the Provisional Govt officially fell to which control?

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Bolshevik

34
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After the October revolution, Lenin announced the new govt would attempt to do what? What was the new govt made up of and led by?

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  • Russia into socialist state

- local soviets and led by Bolsheviks

35
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In 1918, a civil war broke out between who?

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Bolsheviks (reds) and Whites

36
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During the 1918 civil war, the Bolsheviks changed their names to what?

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Communist Party

37
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What is the meaning behind Lenin’s cry ‘Peace, Land, Bread’?

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P- end Russia involve WWI
L- remove wealthy from land, distribute common
B- end bread strikes, food for poor

38
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Who mostly made up the Whites?

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  • military units

- some Mensheviks

39
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Did the Whites lack a clear vision of what they wanted Russia to become because of their diversity?

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yes

40
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Were the Whites able to defeat the Reds?

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no

41
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Until which year did the Civil War last?

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1920

42
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On July 16th, the Romanov family, three servants, and a family friend, were murdered by who?

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Communists

43
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How many Romanovs were murdered by the Bolsheviks?

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17

44
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How many Romanovs escaped?

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35

45
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On April 1922, what was the new union of countries that was announced?

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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

46
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Who was the president of the USSR?

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Vladimir Lenin

47
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After Lenin’s death in 1924, who was his successor?

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Josef Stalin

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