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47 Cards in this Set
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When was 'Bloody Sunday'? |
22nd January 1905 |
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When were the Fundamental Laws implimented? |
April 1906 |
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When and what was Stolypin appointed as? |
Minister of the Interior in April 1906 |
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When was Rasputin first seen with the Tsar's family? |
October 1906 |
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When did the 1st Duma start and end? |
10th May 1906 - July 1906 |
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When did the 2st Duma start and end? |
March 1907 - June 1907 |
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When did the 3rd Duma start? |
November 1908 |
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When was Stolypin asassinated? |
18th September 1911 |
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When was the Economy Boost? |
1907 - 1911 |
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When was the Gold Miners strike in Lena? |
1912 |
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When was Rasputin asassinated? |
17th December 1916 |
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When was the 1st strike again the Tsar? |
January 1917 |
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When was the Steelwork Strike/National Womens Day? |
7th March 1917 |
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How many strikers were there by the 10th March 1917? |
250,000 |
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When was the Tsar abdictated? |
15th March 1917 |
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Give some pressures that the PG were faced with in 1917. |
¤ Mutinies broke out in the army ¤ Kronstadt naval base revolt in July ¤ Peasants taking over landowners estates ¤ Opposition growing from the Bolsheviks ¤ War against the Germans |
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When and what was Lenin's April Thesis? |
April 1917 - 'Peace, bread and land' 'All power to the soviets' |
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What was the Kornilov Revolt? |
Where Kerensky and the Bolsheviks defeated the new commander of the army, General Kornilov, because he wanted to impose a strict regime and crush opponents, like the Tsar did. |
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When was the Bolshevik Revolution? |
October/November 1917 |
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How many Bolshevik members were there in January - July 1917? |
40,000 - 200,000 |
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State some strengths of Kerensky. |
¤ passionate speeches ¤ popular with women ¤ liked in all of society ¤ energetic and tenacious |
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State some weaknesses of Kerensky. |
¤ Faint through nervous exhaustion ¤ Vain ¤ Arrogant and confident ¤ Lived in the same style as the Tsar |
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Name 3 inherited factors from the Tsar to the PG. |
1. Food shortages 2. Oppositions 3. Weak army |
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Name 3 factors created by the PG. |
1. Sent soliders to take land 2. Kerensky Offensive 3. Released political prisoners |
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What was the Kerensky Offensive? |
Kerensky took over the army in July 1917, failed, therefore lost the support of the army. |
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Where and when was Lenin released from after the fall of the Tsar? |
Finland in February |
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What were the July Days? |
They were a failed revolution from the Bolsheviks that told Lenin that he needed to wait because the PG still had support. |
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When was the Kornilov Affair? |
August 1917 |
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What was the name of the Russian Army? |
The Red Guard |
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Give 3 reasons why the PG lost support. |
1. They lost the war (army against) 2. Didn't give land (peasants again) 3. No food (workers against) |
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Give 3 reasons why the Bolsheviks were successful in their revolution. |
¤ Outstanding personalities ¤ Support of Moscow and Petrograd ¤ Half of the army supported ¤ 800,000 members in the right place ¤ Only party that wanted to exit war ¤ Unpopularity of the PG ¤ Dedicated to revolution |
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Give the order of events for the Bolshevik Revolution. |
1. 6th Nov (post offices, bridges + banks of Petrograd) 2. Morn 7th (railway stations) 3. Even 7th (Winter Palace and arrest PG) 4. Kerensky escapes 5. 8th (Lenin announces Communist Russia) |
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How did the Bolsheviks win over the PEASANTS? |
8th Nov - Handed over Tsar's land 12th Nov - day reduced to 8 hours |
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How did the Bolsheviks win over the POLITICAL OPPOSITION? |
¤ 1st Dec - All non-Bolshevik newspapers banned ¤ 11th Dec - cadets banned ¤ Jan 1918 - shuts down consituent assembley as they are not Bolshevik |
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How did the Bolsheviks win over the WORKERS? |
¤ 12th Nov - day reduced to 8 hours ¤ 14th Nov - insured against illness or accident 27th Dec - factories under control of workers commitees |
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How did the Bolsheviks win over the WW1? |
¤ 8th Nov - peace with Germany ¤ March 1918 - Brest-Litorsk Disaster |
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Who were the Reds? |
The Bolsheviks |
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Who were the Greens? |
Peasant armies |
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Who were the Whites? |
People who hate Bolsheviks e.g Tsarists, Revolutionaries |
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Why were the Reds so strong? |
They had strong leadersgip from Trotsky, the Red Terror and powerful propoganda |
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Why were the Whites weak? |
They had non clear aim and they woul fight within themselves |
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Why were the Greens weak? |
They had different opinions and were untrained |
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Who was the mst famous Green? |
Nestor Makhna - Ukraine |
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How many people died in the 1920-21 famine? |
7 million |
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What happened on the 17th July 1918m |
The Tsar and his family were moved and killed. |
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Why were the Kronstadt Sailors strong? |
They had bravery, unity and determination and had the same goal |
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Why wrre the Kronstadt Sailors weak? |
They were too few in numbers (thousands executed) |
