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A-Level History: Tsarist And Communist Russia - 1855-1964 > 16 - The Collapse Of Tsarist Autocracy, February/March 1917, And The Establishment Of The Provisional Government > Flashcards

16 - The Collapse Of Tsarist Autocracy, February/March 1917, And The Establishment Of The Provisional Government Flashcards

1
Q

What 2 factors produced a workers’ revolution in winter 1917? Where did it take place?

A

Starvation and desperation

Petrograd

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How many workers demonstrated in Petrograd on the 9th January 1917? What anniversary was this?

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150,000

12 years since Bloody Sunday

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3
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How many workers were on strike on Valentine’s Day 1917? What did the Duma demand?

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100,000 from 58 factories

Tsar abdication

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What news was delivered on 19th February 1917? What 2 things did this cause?

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Rationing began in March

Panic buying and violence

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5
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How many workers went on strike from Putilov from the 22nd February 1917?

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20,000

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What march was swelled by other events on 23rd February 1917? How many people called for bread and reform?

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International Women’s Day march

200,000

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7
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What grew more menacing from 24th-25th February 1917? Why?

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Demonstrations

Increasing calls for Tsarism overthrow

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8
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What did Nicholas II order the use of on 26th February 1917? What did he order to close?

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Troops

Duma

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9
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What group joined protestors on the 27th February 1917? What Soviet was created?

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Petrograd garrison

Petrograd Soviet

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10
Q

Where did Nicholas II leave to head to Petrograd on the 28th February 1917? Who was arrested under the newly established Provisional Committee?

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Military HQ

Ministers

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What new Order did the Petrograd Soviet issue on the 28th February 1917? What did this proclaim?

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Order #1

Soviet authority

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12
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What did the Duma and Soviet agree to support the creation of on the 1st March 1917?

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Provisional Government

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Who did the Tsar abdicate in favour of on the 2nd March 1917? Who was he encouraged by?

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His brother - Grand Duke Mikhail

Ministers and generals

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What 2 groups were left in charge after Mikhail refused the throne on the 3rd March 1917? Who was placed under house arrest?

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Provisional Government and Petrograd Soviet

Tsar and his family

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15
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Who were the Tsar and his family murdered by in July 1918?

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Bolsheviks

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16
Q

What happened after the Tsar’s abdication? Who was in charge?

A

Russia was left with two sets of authorities

Provisional Government and Petrograd Soviet

17
Q

What did the Soviet agree to temporarily? What was drawn up that changed this?

A

Provisional Government’s authority

Constituent assembly

18
Q

What was the arrangement of the constituent assembly also known as?

A

Dual power

19
Q

Who became Prime Minister of the Provisional Government? What 2 main groups did the government compromise of?

A

Prince Lvov

Octobrists and Kadets

20
Q

Who was the only socialist of the Provisional Government? What executive Soviet committee did he previously sit on?

A

Kerensky

Petrograd Soviet

21
Q

What did the Petrograd Soviet compromise of? What did the Soviet act as?

A

Radicals

A “guardian” of rights

22
Q

What liberties did the Provisional Government and Soviet accept? What did they create for political prisoners?

A

Civil liberties

Amnesties

23
Q

What punishment, along with exile, did the Provisional Government and Soviet abolish? Who did they appoint to the judiciary?

A

Capital punishment

Independent judges

24
Q

Why did the Provisional Government and Soviet often conflict? What was an example of this?

A

Views on different issues

War

25
Q

What did the Provisional Government continue to fight in? What did this lead to?

A

The Great War

Mass demonstrations

26
Q

What did countryside peasants seize during the War? What were food supplies like in cities?

A

Land

Chaotic

27
Q

What type of wages fell in cities? What rose as a result?

A

Real wages

Prices

28
Q

How much support was left for the Provisional Government by the summer of 1917?

A

Little

29
Q

What does Historian John Gooding say the overthrow of Tsarism was largely the work of?

A

“The overthrow of Tsarism was largely the work of unorganised masses in cities”

A-Level History: Tsarist And Communist Russia - 1855-1964 (39 decks)

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