War Facts

Question 1

How was enlistment changed after the crimean war?

Answer 1

It was reduced from 25 years to 6 years service

Question 2

How many men did Russia lose in the Crimean War?

Answer 2

450,000

Question 3

What reform did the CW bring under Milyutin?

Answer 3

Military from 1862-74

Question 4

What was the CW partly sparked by?

Answer 4

Catholic and orthodox christian rights in the Holy Lands

Question 5

What did they treaty of Paris do?

Answer 5

Blocked Russia from having a fleet in the black sea

Question 6

Cause of the R-T war?

Answer 6

Orthodox christians being attacked in the Ottoman Empire

Question 7

What did the congress of Berlin overturn? (R-T)

Answer 7

The treaty of san stefano

Question 8

What did the R-T war end?

Answer 8

The free trade era

Question 9

What did russia gain from the R-T war?

Answer 9

Land in the Caucasus such as Batum

Question 10

What was Turkey forced to do following the R-T war?

Answer 10

Pay war indemnity to Russia

Question 11

Causes of the R-J war

Answer 11

Wanted resources from Manchuria due to economic weakness

Question 12

What happened to Russia at the battle of Tsushima?

Answer 12

Russia lost their fleet?

Question 13

Outcome of the R-J war

Answer 13

Russia had to withdraw from Port Arthur and other places

Question 14

How many troops were killed in R-J war?

Answer 14

Between 40,000-70,000 troops

Question 15

How many roubles were spent on rebuilding the navy? (R-J)

Answer 15

900 million

Question 16

How many Russian casualties in WW1?

Answer 16

8 million

Question 17

What was signed in 1918 that ended the war?

Answer 17

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Question 18

What did Tsar Nicholas do in 1915? (ww1)

Answer 18

Take personal control of the army

Question 19

What did WW1 lead to?

Answer 19

The abdication of Nicholas II

Question 20

Why did Russia go to war WW1?

Answer 20

Because Russia was duty bound to Serbia as a Slavic nation

Question 21

Political impact of the civil war

Answer 21

The Politburo and Orgburo took centralised control

Question 22

Economic impact of civil war?

Answer 22

War Communism

Question 23

WHat signalles the start of the civil war?

Answer 23

Kerensky’s Petrograd offensive

Question 24

After the civil war what did the russian government move to?

Answer 24

A foreign policy of peaceful relations

Question 25

WHat happened to grain production in the Ukraine?

Answer 25

It fell to 20% of pre-war levels

Question 26

What was the death toll of WW2

Answer 26

27 million (13.7% of the population)

Question 27

What was reinposed in 1946?

Answer 27

collectivisation

Question 28

What did the win of WW2 give Russia?

Answer 28

A superpower status

Question 29

How long was Leningrad under seige for? What was the death toll?

Answer 29

900 days..