Russia Deck 1

Question 1

What was the full name of the Tsar of Russia?

Answer 1

Nicholas Romanov II

Question 2

What was the Tsar’s nickname at the start of his rule?

Answer 2

The Little Father of Russia

Question 3

What word beginning with ‘a’ described the Tsar’s style of leadership?

Answer 3

Autocracy/autocracy

Question 4

Write a definition of the Tsar’s style of leadership.

Answer 4

He didn’t listen to others and believed he was ruling by divine right; he was a dictator/autocrat who ruled without a government.

Question 5

What did the Tsar set up in 1906?

Answer 5

The Duma

Question 6

What was the approximate population of Russia by 1917?

Answer 6

170 million

Question 7

What percentage of the population could speak Russian?

Answer 7

40%

Question 8

List three of the largest ethnic minorities within Russia by 1917

Answer 8

Russians, Ukrainians, Poles, Byelorussians, Jews

Question 9

What was the name of the railway that crossed Russia from West to East?

Answer 9

Trans-Siberian Railway

Question 10

When did the Tsar take control of the Russian army?

Answer 10

1915

Question 11

Name two battles in 1914 that the Russians lost badly in the war.

Answer 11

Tannenburg and Massurian Lakes

Question 12

Who did the Tsar leave in charge of Russia?

Answer 12

The Tsarina (Alexandra)

Question 13

Give three reasons why the Tsarina was not a good person to be put in charge of Russia in WWI?

Answer 13

1. Tsarina wasn’t trusted as she was German, 2. She fell under the influence of Rasputin, 3. She was also autocratic and didn’t listen to the people and gave the Tsar bad advice.

Question 14

What percentage of the population were peasants?

Answer 14

80%

Question 15

Which group in the hierarchy of Russia (the word starts with an ‘a’), were only 1.5% of the population but owned 25% of the land?

Answer 15

aristocracy

Question 16

What word, beginning with ‘p’ describes the industrial working class?

Answer 16

Proletariat

Question 17

Describe why the quality of life was low for industrial workers in Moscow and Petrograd. Give three reasons.

Answer 17

1. Low pay, 2. Exploitation by employers, 3. No protection from e.g. unions, 4. Dangerous and filthy working conditions, 5. Overcrowded accommodation

Question 18

Name at least one of the Tsar’s closest advisers (not Rasputin).

Answer 18

Stolypin, Rodzianko or Witte

Question 19

Name the Tsar’s secret police

Answer 19

Okhrana

Question 20

Give at least one reason, apart from the Tsar’s leadership, why Russia did so badly in World War One

Answer 20

Bad decisions by generals who competed with each other rather than supporting each other. Also, soldiers were ordered to use bayonets vs. machine guns. Lack of basic equipment such as boots and bullets for guns.