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What were war credits?

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The raising of taxes and loans to finance war

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What was St Petersburg renamed in 1914?

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Petrograd

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How many died at the Battle of Tannenburg in East Prussia?

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300,000 dead or wounded

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What were military zones and when were they set up?

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In July 1914, the tsarist government had established military rules in certain areas to suspend civilian authority

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5
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What did the Union of Zemstva provide?

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Medical facilities

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6
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What did factory owners and businessmen establish?

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A Congress of Representatives of Industry and Business

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What did the zemstva and municipal Dumas join together to form?

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The All-Russian Union of Zemstva and Cities or Zemgor

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When and why did Nicholas II decide to join the actual fighting?

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September 1915 caused defeats in Galicia

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When was Rasputin murdered?

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17th of December 1916

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How many men were mobilised for WWI between 1914-1917?

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15,000,000

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How many rifles did the army have for each soldier in 1914?

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Two rifles for every three soldiers

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12
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How many desertions were there in 1916?

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1.5 million

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How much did the spending on war increase from 1914 to 1918?

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1,500 million roubles in 1914 to 14,500 million in 1918

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14
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How much did railway production decrease by between 1913 to 1916

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Half

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How much did rifle production increase by?

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Double

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How much did heavy artillery production increase by?

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Quadrupled

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17
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How much did cost of living increase by?

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300%

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18
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How many people went on strike in Moscow, January 1917?

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30,000

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19
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How many people went on strike in Petrograd, January 1917?

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145,000

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20
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How many workers attended a demonstration for Bloody Sunday in Petrograd 1917?

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150,000

21
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How many workers went on strike on in Petrograd, 14th of Feb. 1917?

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Roughly 100,000 from 58 different factories

22
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How many people went on strike in Petrograd, 25th February?

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250,000(over half the capital’s workforce)

22
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How many people were on the streets on International Women’s Day 1917?

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90,000 were on strike and around 240,000 on a march with women.

22
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How many went on strike in Petrograd, 24th of February 1917?

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200,000

23
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How many soldiers mutinied on the 27th of February?

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66,000

23
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How many protestors in Petrograd were killed by soldiers on the 27th of February?

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40

24
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How many rifles did the soldiers give civilians on February 27th?

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40,000

24
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What did the Duma set up to take over the government on the 27th of February?

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A 12-man provisional committee

25
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How many members did the Petrograd Soviet have by the 10th of March?

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3,000

26
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What did the Petrograd Soviet agree on March 1st?

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To recognise a Provisional Government and the Tsar resigning, in favour of his son.

27
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What happened on the 2nd of March?

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The Tsar officially abdicates

27
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How many of the original Petrograd Soviet committee members were workers?

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7 out of 42

27
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What did the provisional government promise?

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-General amnesty for all political prisoners
-The abolition of legal disabilities based on class, religion and nationality
-The right to organise trade unions and to strike
-A Constituent Assembly would be elected

27
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How many districts were affected by peasant disturbances in March 1917?

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34

28
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How many districts were affected by peasant disturbances in July 1917?

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325

29
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How many desertions were there between March and May 1917?

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365,000

30
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How much had real prices inflated from 1914 by October 1917?

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755%

31
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What did the April Theses demand?

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-Power should be transferred to the Soviets
-The war should be brought to an immediate end
-All land should be taken over by the State and re-allocated to peasants by local soviets

32
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What was the outcome of the ‘All-Russian Congress of Soviets’ first vote for the Provisional Government on 3 June?

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543 in support to 126 opposed.

33
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How many factories closed between February and June?

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586

34
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How many people lost their jobs between February and June?

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100,000

35
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How many armed soldiers joined the July Days protest?

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20,000

36
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How much had Bolshevik membership increased from February to October?

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23,000 to 200,000

37
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How many newspapers were the Bolsheviks producing in October?

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41

38
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How many soldiers did the Bolshevik’s have e in the Red Guards in October?

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10,000

39
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What did Trotsky and Felix Dzerzhinsky set up on the 9th of October?

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The Military Revolutionary Committee

40
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How many members were there in the Military Revolutionary Committee?

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66

41
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How many soldiers did the Military Revolutionary Committee control?

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200,000 Red Guards
60,000 Baltic sailors
150,000 soldiers of the Petrograd garrison

42
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How many did Trotsky claim were actively involved in the October Revolution?

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25,000-30,000(5% of the workers and soldiers in the city)

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