Topic 2

Question 1

What did people hope of the Provisional Gov?

Answer 1

Russia out of the war, cut the food shortages, improve conditions for workers. Some wanted land to be redistributed

Question 2

What were the Provisional Gov problems?

Answer 2

Needed the Petrograd Soviet to pass all laws, so it did not have full control. It also only controlled in Petrograd, but not the rest of Russia

Question 3

Why did it not pull out of the war?

Answer 3

Could not desert allies

Question 4

Why did it not redistribute land ?

Answer 4

Saw itself as temporary, and could take land away from the owners.

Question 5

What had the provisional government done by April 1917?

Answer 5

Introduced 8 hour working day
Legal for political parties to meet in public
Released political prisoners

Question 6

When did the 2nd Provisional Gov come in place?

Answer 6

5th May 1917

Question 7

When did the Russian lead another offensive?

Answer 7

June 1917- 2 Million deserted by Autumn

Question 8

How many Bolsheviks newspapers were there in June 1917?

Answer 8

41

Question 9

When was the unexpected uprising?

Answer 9

July 1917- July Days

Peace, bread land…

Question 10

What did the Prov Government do in July 1917?

Answer 10

Sent orders to clear the streets

Question 11

Who ran the third Provisional a Government?

Answer 11

Kerensky

Question 12

When was Kornilov Revolt ?

Answer 12

28 August 1917

Question 13

How many were arrested at Kornilov Revolt?

Answer 13

7,000

Question 14

When did Trotsky become the head of the MRC?

Answer 14

8th October 1917

Question 15

What happened across the revolution?

Answer 15

October 21- 26

Question 16

What were the Bolsheviks decrees?

Answer 16

Peace, Land and Workers

Question 17

What was the treaty signed to exist the war called?

Answer 17

Brest Litovsk

Question 18

What was the treaty of Brest Litovsk?

Answer 18

80% of coal mines, 50% of industry, 26% of railways, 27% of farmland

Question 19

When was the treaty signed?

Answer 19

3 March 1918

Question 20

When did the constituent Assembly meet?

Answer 20

5 January 1918

Question 21

How long did the constituent Assembly last?

Answer 21

2 days

Question 22

When was the Cheka introduced?

Answer 22

September 1918

Question 23

When did the red army come on place?

Answer 23

28 January 1918

Question 24

When did the capital move to Moscow

Answer 24

March 1918

Question 25

What was apolitical commissar?

Answer 25

A person involved in making sure the troops new what to fight for, what the Bolsheviks were all about

Question 26

Who got close and when to stacking Moscow?

Answer 26

Denikin and Kolchack, close on 14 October 1919, but on outskirts of Petrograd on 22 October 1919

Question 27

When did the whites stop sending resources?

Answer 27

November 1919

Question 28

When did the Red try to attack Poland?

Answer 28

April 1920

Question 29

What was the crop production in 1920 compared with 1913?

Answer 29

37%

Question 30

How many ministries did the CPC and CEC Command?

Answer 30

18

Question 31

When were the CPC allow to pass urgent laws without the CEC permission?

Answer 31

December 1920

Question 32

When did war communism begin?

Answer 32

May 1918

Question 33

When was the Kronstaft Mutinty?

Answer 33

March 1921

Question 34

How many experts came to USSR?

Answer 34

20,000 from USA and Canada from 1920-25

Question 35

What was the increase in grain between 1922 and 1924?

Answer 35

77.7 million to 98.1 million

Question 36

How many cotton mills weren’t working in June 1921

Answer 36

99%

Question 37

How many were working in 1926, cotton mills?

Answer 37

90%