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When was the Russo-Japanese war? |
February 8th 1904 - September 5th 1905 |
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How many men were lost at the Battle of Mukden? |
90,000 |
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How many men were lost at the Battle of Port Arthur? |
31,000 |
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When was Port Arthur surrendered? |
January 1905 |
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When was the Treaty of Portsmouth? |
September 1905 |
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When was the Paris Conference? |
17th September 1905 |
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Quote from Tsar Nicholas II about representative government. |
"I shall never... agree to a representative form of government..." |
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When was Bloody Sunday? |
9th January 1905 |
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How many workers marched on Bloody Sunday? |
150,000 |
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Who led Bloody Sunday |
Georgiy Gapon |
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How many were killed and injured (according to most recent estimations) during Bloody Sunday? |
200 killed 800 injured |
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Figes quote about the demonstration |
"more like a religious procession than a worker demonstration" |
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Fitzpatrick quote about Father Gapon |
"renegade priest with police connections" |
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CPSU quote about the workers |
"It was their faith in the tsar that was riddled by bullets that day..." |
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How many members were there in the Assembly of Russian Factory Workers? |
6000-8000 in 1904 |
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Statistics about the build up before Bloody Sunday |
120,000 strikers in January 1905 Waged had decreased by up to one quarter between October 1903 and October 1904 |
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What triggered the Bloody Sunday demonstration? |
4 factory workers were dismissed from the Putilov Steel Factories in December 1904 |
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How many strikers were there after Bloody Sunday? |
400,000 demonstrators in January 1905 |
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How many students rallied at Moscow University? |
3,000 |
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When was the Prince Potemkin Battleship mutiny? |
14 June 1905 |
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Service quote about the revolution |
"the monarchy's fate hung by thread" |
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Fitzpatrick quote about the outcome of the revolution |
The political outcome of the 1905 Revolution was "ambiguous and in some ways unsatisfactory to all concerned." |
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When was the October Manifesto issued? |
17th October 1905 |
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What happened to land redemption payments? |
For 1905 they were halved and later cancelled |
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CPSU's opinion on the manifesto |
"fraud on the people, trick of the tsar" |
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What were the dates of the dumas? |
1st: 27th April 1906 - July 1906 (dismissed within 73 days) 2nd: Feb - June 1907 3rd: 1907-1912 4th: 1912-1917 |
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When was the Goldfields Massacre? |
1912 |
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Quote from Nicholas about the dumas |
"I created the Duma, not to be directed by it, but to be advised" |
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When were the Fundamental State Laws introduced? |
April 23rd 1906 |
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When was Sergei Witte dismissed as Prime Minister? |
April 1906 |
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Malone quote about the third and fourth duma |
"The third and fourth duma were totally unrepresentative of the people" |
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When was the World War? |
June 28th 1914 (Germany declared war on Russia 1st August 1914) until November 11th 1918 (Russia removed from War March 3rd 1918) |
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Ryan quote about the higher and lower classes |
"It was easier for the Russian elite to tolerate such losses, however, because the death toll primarily affected the lower classes." |
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End of 1914, how many men were mobilised vs. how many rifles were put on the front line? |
6.5 million men vs. 4.6 million rifles |
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When was the Battle of Tannenberg? |
August 28th |
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Statistics of deaths and captures for the Battle of Tannenberg |
70,000 men wounded or killed 100,000 captured |
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Statistics of war at the end of 1914 |
1.2 million Russian men were killed, wounded or taken prisoner |
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1915 war statistics |
2.5 million more were lost 25% of all Russian soldiers were sent to the front unarmed |
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When did Nicholas go to the front? |
Nicholas replaced Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich as Commander-in-Chief in August 1915 |
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When did the leader of the duma warn Nicholas? |
Rodzianko warned Nicholas about leaving Petrograd to go to the front August 25th 1915 |
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How many Russians were lost because of German Occupation? |
23 million |
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Brusilov Offensive statistics |
1 million troops captured or killed in a ten-week offensive |
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Russia's expenditure on war between 1914 and 1917 |
1.5 billion roubles on the war |
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Economic statistics of the war |
wages doubled but the cost of basic food quadrupled by 1916 Petrograd was receiving one third of their required fuel and food supplies |
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End of war statistics |
Russia had lost: 1.7 million troops died 8 million wounded 2.5 million taken prisoner |
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Ryan quote about the modernisation of war |
"All the statesmen and generals in every participating country misunderstood the war modern war would be conducted." Ryan |
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Ryan quote about patriotism |
"A wave of patriotism spread through Russia in August 1914" |
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Figes statistics about prime ministers |
4 prime ministers
5 ministers of the interior 3 foreign ministres 3 war ministers 3 ministers of transport 4 ministers of agriculture 22 ministers under Tsarina Alexandra |
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Ryan quote about the blame of the war |
"By December 1916 there was massive discontent within Russia and blame was placed squarely at the feet of the Romanovs" |
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Council of Ministers' warning to the tsar about leaving Petrograd |
"your adoption of such a decision threatens Russia, yourself, and the dynasty with serious consequences" |
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Brusilov quote about the tsar's inability to motivate |
"faced with a group of soldiers, he was nervous and did not know what to say" |
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When was the International Women's Day march |
23 February 1917 |
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When did the Petrograd Garrison mutiny? |
27 February 1917 |
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When was the Petrograd Soviet formed? |
27th February 1917 |
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When did Nicholas' Council of Ministers step down |
28 February 1917 |
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What did the Duma do when Nicholas attempted to dissolve them? |
Formed a 12-man group named the Provisional Committee |
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When did the tsar abdicate? |
2 March 1917 |
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Feb Rev statistics: |
150,000 workers demonstrated in Petrograd for the Bloody Sunday commemoration The Russian winter of 16-17 was one of the coldest on record, regularly hitting -35 degrees and averaging -14 in Petrograd in Feb 25 February, almost all Petrograd factories had closed and almost 300,000 workers were demonstrating |
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How many marched on International Women's Day |
100,000 workers joined the march the number doubled the next day |
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How many men were in the Petrograd Garrison |
160,000 |
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Quote about "to arms" |
"They are killing innocent people, our brothers and sisters!" |
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Rodzianko quote to Nicholas |
"Popular risings, having begun in Petrograd are taking on uncontrollable and threatening dimensions" |
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Kerenksy quote about the old regime |
"The old regime has left everything in chaos" |
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Guchkov quote about the Provisional Government |
"The Provisional does not possess any real power" |
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Lynch quote about the Provisional Government |
"in order to survive the Provisional Government had to keep Russia in the war, but in doing so it destroyed its own chance of survival" |
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When did the Provisional Government assume power |
2nd March 1917 |
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Malone quote about Lenin's return |
"The most significant turning point in this period of dual government" |
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How many demonstrators during the July Days gathering? |
at least 100,000 |
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Llewellyn quote about the July Days |
"It was sparked by continued opposition of the war... and the collapse of the government" |
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Perfect, Ryan and Sweeney quote about General Kornilov |
"heart of a lion but the brain of a sheep" |
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Trotsky trained the Red Guard from... |
40,000 radical workers |
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When did the Bolsheviks capture Petrograd and the Winter Palace |
25th October |
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Pipes quote about the ease of the October coup |
"many historians [believe] that the October coup was 'inevitable'. But it can appear as such only in retrospect" |
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What were the dates of the Constituent Assembly?
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5th-6th January 1918 |
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How much of the vote did the Bolsheviks win for the Constituent Assembly? |
24% |
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Who had the majority of votes in the CA? |
The Socialist Revolutionaries |
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Phrase about the proletariat |
"dictatorship of the proletariat" |
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Trotsky quote about the CA |
"trust in the mood, but don't forget your rifles" |
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Gorky quote about the 'people's commissars' |
"The 'people's commissars' have given orders to shoot the democracy" |
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Pipes quote about the machine gun |
"The machine gun became for them the principal instrument of political persuasion." |
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When was the Decree on Press released |
October 27th 1917 |
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When was the Kadet party banned |
November 28th 1918 |
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When were the Right Socialist Revolutionaries and Mensheviks expelled form the soviets? |
June 14th 1918 |
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When were the Left SR's expelled from the soviets? |
July 9th 1918 |
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When were the Tsar and his family executed? |
July 17th by the Cheka |
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Lynch quote about Lenin and power |
"Lenin had no intention of letting true democracy get in the way" |
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Lynch quote about the soviets power |
"The notion that it was the soviets that had taken power and now ruled was simply a convenient cover" |
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When was the Sovnarkom created? |
November 1917 |
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When was the Soviet Constitution issued? |
July 1918 |
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When was the Eighth Party Congress? |
March 1919 |
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Lenin quote about the government |
"there must be no government in Russia other than the Soviet government" |
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What was established at the Eighth Party Congress? |
the Politburo: a five man committee responsible for deciding and formulating policy the Orgburo: organising arm of the Communist Party Secretariat: oversaw administrative matters |
