Russian Revolution Flashcards
⦁ Name the two political parties of Russia that represented the industrial workers. How did they differ in their policies?
⦁ What were the two objectives that Lenin had for bringing about the October Revolution of 1917?
⦁ Why was Tsar Nicholas II unpopular? Give two reasons.
⦁ Stalin had two main aims for introducing the five-year plans in U.S.S.R. What were they?
⦁ How was the year 1905 important in the history of Russia?
Aims for creating Five year plans
- Improving Soviet Economy
- Increasing Industrial Production
⦁ How did the treaty of Brest-Litovsk change the borders of Eastern Europe?
⦁ Who led the Bolsheviks and why did the people of Russia like them?
⦁ What was Lenin’s ‘April Thesis’?
⦁ Describe the three reforms introduced in Russia by Czar Nicholas II after the Revolution.
⦁ Why was the Russian revolution of 1905 called a dress rehearsal of the October Revolution of 1917?
⦁ Mention the importance of the following dates:
⦁ 1894-
⦁ 1922-
⦁ 1914-
⦁ Explain the ideology of- ⦁ Liberals- ⦁ Radicals- ⦁ Conservatives - ⦁ Outline the main objectives of the Russian Revolutionaries.
The April Theses were a series of ten directives issued by the Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin upon his return to Petrograd from his exile in Switzerland via Germany and Finland. The Theses were mostly aimed at fellow Bolsheviks in Russia and returning to Russia from exile. He called for soviets (workers’ councils) to take power (as seen in the slogan “all power to the soviets”), denounced liberals and social revolutionaries in the Provisional Government, called for Bolsheviks not to cooperate with the government, and called for new communist policies.
⦁ Comment on the role of Vladimir Lenin in the revolution and his contribution to the economic policy.
⦁ What was the immediate consequences of the Russian Revolution?
⦁ Describe the economic causes of the 1917 revolution of Russia.
⦁ Who started the programme of collectivization? Why was it started?
⦁ Why did the peasants resist the collectivization programme?
⦁ What change did industrialization bring to the European society in the nineteenth century?
⦁ What were the major changes introduced by the Bolsheviks?
Lenin introduced the New Economic Policy, which allowed workers to sell their grain on the open market.
