Pre-War Stability

Question 1

When was the Lena goldfield’s massacre? How many people were shot?

Answer 1

April 1912

500 were shot during this

Question 2

Who did the official investigative commission for the Lena massacre blame?

Answer 2

The Gold company and government officials for the poor working conditions causing the strike and the response

Question 3

How many strikers were there in 1911 and 1914?

Answer 3

1911 - 105,000

1914 - 1,448,000

Question 4

How many strikes were there in 1911, 1912 and 1914?

Answer 4

1911 - 466
1912 - 2032
1914 - 3534

Question 5

According to Geifman, how many casualties of terror attacks were there 1905-1914?

Answer 5

17,000

Question 6

When did the General strike occur?

Answer 6

Summer 1914

Question 7

What was Bolshevik membership in 1905? 1914?

Answer 7

1905 - 150,000

1914 - 10,000

Question 8

Which event of 1913 was met with massive celebratory gatherings?

Answer 8

The tercentenary of Romanov Rule

Question 9

In 1908/9, how many members of the Bolshevik St Petersburg Committee were Okhrana agents?

Answer 9

4/5

Question 10

Who are the two infamous Okhrana agents who infiltrated the SRs and Bolsheviks?

Answer 10

Evno Azef infiltrated the SRs

Malinovsky infiltrated the Bolsheviks

Question 11

What was the Naval General staff crisis 1909?

Answer 11

The Octobrists wished to make the Naval Generals answerable to the ministry of War instead of the court which provoked disdain from loyalists and royalists when Stolypin attempted to push this reform through. Nicholas shut down the proposal

Question 12

When was the Western Zemstvo bill passed and how?

Answer 12

1911 via the use of Article 87

Question 13

What was the name of Stolypin’s disenfranchisement reform?

Answer 13

The Coup of 1907

Question 14

What key bills were introduced by Article 87?

Answer 14

Land reform, Western Zemstvo Bill

Question 15

How many bills were voted on in the third Duma? Give two specific examples which were passed

Answer 15

2500

Universal Primary Education and National Insurance

Question 16

What proportion of the fourth Duma were members of the nobility?

Answer 16

51%

Question 17

What did the fourth Duma do at the outbreak of war?

Answer 17

Dissolved itself

Question 18

Who chose the Tsar’s cabinet ministers and 1/2 of the imperial council?

Answer 18

The Tsar himself

Question 19

Per capita, how much smaller was Russia’s GDP compared to the USA and Britain at the outbreak of war?

Answer 19

GDP was 1/10 that of the USA and 1/5 that of Britain

Question 20

How much of the industrial workforce were in small scale workshops? Why was this inefficient?

Answer 20

67% of the industrial workers in small scale workshops when only 33% of industrial output came from them

Question 21

How much grain did Russia produce in 1900? 1913?

Answer 21

1900 - 56m tons

1913 - 90m tons

Question 22

Of what was Russia the World’s fourth largest exporter?

Answer 22

Coal, pig-iron and steel

Question 23

How did Stolypin’s land reforms provoke tensions within communes?

Answer 23

Those who broke from the commune or who wanted to were often harassed or looked down on by leaders of the commune. For example Semenev was treated poorly by Miliutov.

Question 24

When was the peak land consolidation?

Answer 24

1909

Question 25

What upset farmers who moved to Siberia?

Answer 25

The land they were given there was often impossible to cultivate

Question 26

How many acres were bought off landowners to redistribute to peasants in the first year of Stolypin’s land reform by the Land Bank?

Answer 26

183 million acres

Question 27

By 1914, how many children were attending primary school?

Answer 27

40%

Question 28

When were redemption payments ended?

Answer 28

January 1907

Question 29

What was grain production growth 1883-1914?

Answer 29

2.1%

Question 30

By 1914, what is the maximum estimated figure of what proportion of the urban workforce were in unions?

Answer 30

Only 4.6%

Question 31

How much did real wages decrease by until 1914?

Answer 31

20%

Question 32

What had Stolypin introduced to provide insurance to workers?

Answer 32

The NI Bill - basic social welfare measures including protection against injury and illness

Question 33

When were safety inspectors introduced to Russian factories?

Answer 33

1912

Question 34

How many strikers were there in 1905? 1910?

Answer 34

1905 = 2,863,000
1910 = 47,000

Question 35

How many men were in the army by 1914? What proportion of the population was mobilised?

Answer 35

5.3m = only 8.8% of the population