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49 Cards in this Set
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What was the name of the Marxist paper that began in 1900? |
Iskra |
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What year were the socialist Revolutionary party formed (SR's) |
1901 |
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What revolutionary movement were the SR's based on? |
Populism |
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Who led the SR's? |
Chernov |
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How many assassinations were the SR's responsible for between 1901-1905? |
Over 2000 assassinations, including the Tsars uncle and interior minister |
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When did Lenin publish "What is to be done" |
1902 |
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What did Lenin outline in "What is to be done"? |
That he disagreed with the Mensheviks way of revolution and established his own ideology "Leninism" |
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When were the years of the red cockrel? |
1902-1907 |
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What was the significance of the years of the red cockrel? |
Showed a large amount of popular discontent against the government |
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What year did the SD's split? |
1903 |
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Who led the Bolsheviks? |
Lenin |
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Who led the Mensheviks? |
Martov |
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What did Struve and the liberals from in 1903? |
The union of liberation |
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What did Bloody Sunday start? |
the 1905 revolution |
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When did the Kadets form? |
1905 |
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What was the most significant outcome of the 1905 revolution? |
The creation of the national Duma |
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How did Tsar Nicholas manage to prevent being overthrown entirely |
He mostly kept control of the military, aside from a few mutinies |
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How did the Tsar initially attempt to undermine the Duma? |
He passed the Fundamental laws which gave him the ability to ignore and overrule the Duma whenever he pleased |
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How long did the first Duma last? |
2 months |
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Why was the first Duma a failure? |
There was no cooperation between the dominant left-wing parties and the Tsar |
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What did the Kadets issue after the dissolution of the first Duma? |
The Vyborg Manifesto |
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What did the issuing of the Vyborg Manifesto lead to? |
Mass arrests of Kadet leaders and a significant weakening of the party |
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who became prime minister in 1906? |
Stolypin |
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When was the second Duma and how long did it last? |
1907, February-July |
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Why was the second Duma a failure? |
similar to the first, there was almost no cooperation between left-wing parties and the Tsar |
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How did Stolypin rectify the failures of the first and second duma? |
He passed reforms which weakened the voting power of those in favour of far leftvparties, making the Duma dominated by Right wing parties and liberals, with very little radicals |
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What was Stolypin's June decree also known as? |
Stolypin's coup |
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When was the Third Duma? |
1908-1912 |
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What was the problem with the Third Duma? |
Stolypin would consistently dissolve the Duma in order to pass through legislation they wouldn't accept |
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When was Stolypin assassinated? |
1911 |
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Why did the Bolsheviks not take part in the first two duma? |
Out of protest for the fundamental laws, but then realised they could cause more disruption in the Duma |
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When was the fourth Duma? |
1912-1917 |
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What was the problem with the Fourth Duma? |
Following the outbreak of War, they were ignored and never really consulted by the Tsar |
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How many issues per circulation had the Bolshevik newspaper Pravda reached by 1914? |
40,000 |
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What did the Liberal parties join together to form in the Duma in 1915? |
The Progressive Bloc |
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Who led the progressive Bloc |
Rodzianko |
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What event kicked off the February revolution? |
Soldiers refuse to fire on protesters |
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What new Government came into power in March 1917? |
The Provisional Government |
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What did the Bolsheviks form in March 1917 |
The Petrograd Soviet |
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What was the name of the document the petrograd soviet issued and what did it say? |
Order No.1, told the army to be loyal to the Bolsheviks and not the Provisional Government |
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Why did the Mensheviks not resist the Provisional Government |
The Provisional Government's revolution aligned with the Marxist view |
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When does Lenin return to Russia? |
April 1917 |
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What is the significance of the April Thesis? |
It establishes The Bolsheviks relationship with the Provisional Government and how the Bolsheviks would intend to rule |
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What were the July Days |
popular discontent against the Provisional Government |
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Who prevented Kornilovs Coup? |
The Red Guards (Bolsheviks) |
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What does the Bolshevik victory against Kornilov lead to |
Massive popular support They are now armed with weaponry given by the Provisional Government |
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In what Month did the Bolsheviks gain a majority in the Petrograd and Moscow Soviets? |
September 1917 |
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When does Trotsky become leader of the Petrograd Soviet? |
September 1917 |
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Who takes control in the October Revolution? |
The Bolsheviks |
