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Land Captains replaced the…

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Elected Justices of the Peace

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Alexander III became Tsar in…

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1881

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Land Captains were created in…

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1889

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Major famine in Russia occurred in…

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1881

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What were the land captains?

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Aristocrats appointed by the Tsar

Could overrule the zemstva and change peasant farmers with minor offences

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Nicholas II became tsar in…

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1894

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The social Democratic Party formed in…

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1898

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The social Democratic Party followed the political beliefs of…

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Karl Marx

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The socialist revolutionary party formed in…

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1901

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The socialist revolutionary party grew out of the….

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Populists

Believed revolution would begin in the countryside

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The socialist revolutionary party aimed to:

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Redistribute land to peasants
Improve living and working conditions in towns
Overthrow tsarism by force

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Russo-Japanese war began in…

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1904

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Why was the Russo-Japanese war a short-term factor of the revolution?

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-suffered humiliating defeats: lost port Arthur

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Jan 9th 1905:

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Bloody Sunday

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Bloody Sunday was:

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Soldiers guarding the winter palace open fired, killing 100s of unarmed people

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Tsar agreed to the October manifesto in:

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October 1905

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The October manifesto led to:

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Strengthened Nicholas’ position
Army & police remained loyal
Opposition groups split
Political parties taken by surprise and didn’t coordinate effective opposition)

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What broke some of the priorities made in the October manifesto?

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Fundamental law

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When was the Fundamental Law issued?

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1906

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What did the fundamental law reassert?

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The tsar’s authority

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The first Duma began in…

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1906

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Why did the 1st Duma dissolve?

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Nicholas refuses their demands and it was dissolved after 72 days

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Stolypin was prime minister:

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1906-1911

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2nd Duma began

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Feb 1907

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What did the 2nd Duma do?
Passed important land reform proposals by stolypin | But it remained in a state of almost constant uproar
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The 2nd Duma ended
June 1907
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The 3rd Duma began:
November 1907
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The 3rd Duma was..
More right-wing, and prepared to work with government rather than oppose it
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The 3rd Duma ended in
1912
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Redemption payments abolished in...
1907
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Stolypin was assassinated in...
1911 | Could never develop his reforms, long-term effects never realised
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4th Duma began in...
1912
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4th Duma worked with the government until...
WWI broke out
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WWI began in..:
1914
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Zemgor was formed in...
1915
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The zemgor was an organisation that helped...
The government in WWI
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1915, Nicholas II appointed himself...
Supreme commander of the armed forces
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By appointing himself supreme commander of the armed forces it meant he was away from Petrograd for...
Long periods of time
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Tsar abdicated in...
March 1917
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How was the tsar forced to abdicate?
Mutinous troops stopped train Told to abdicate in favour of his son His brother then refused
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The 1st provisional government was formed in...
3rd march 1917
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1st provisional government formed was mainly made up of...
Kadets and other liberal parties No lawful authority Would govern until a CA was elected
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Lenin returned to Petrograd from exile in...
3rd April 1917
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On Lenin's return he published the...
April theses
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The April theses was a policy statement of Lenin's calling for ?
Revolution
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June offensive was in...
June 1917
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The June offensive was an...
Attack led by Brusilov against Austria-Hungarian and German forces
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The July days was in...
July 1917
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The July days was a series of...
Demonstrations agains provisional government
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2nd provisional government began in...
8th July 1917
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Kornilov affair was in...
August 1917
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In Kornilov affair:
General kornilov was believed to order troops to march on the capital Kerensky panicked and joined forces with Petrograd soviet Rebellion collapsed Kornilov dismissed and arrested
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Why did the kornilov affair weaken the PG?
Leading Bolsheviks released from prison
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Bolsheviks seized power in...
October 10th 1917
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October revolution began in...
24th October 1917
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The All Russian Congress of Soviets was announced as the new Russian government in...
26th October 1917
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Cheka formed in..
December 1917
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Constituent assembly dissolved in....
Jan 1918
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The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed...
March 1918
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The treaty of Brest-Litovsk had many disadvantages:
Lost vast areas of land 1/3 agricultural land 1/2 heavy industry 90% coal mines
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War communism ran between...
1918-21
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War communism was the Bolshevik's economics policy during civil war. Party had control of:
Industry Grain requisitioning Ban on private enterprise
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Red terror was between:
1918-1922
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Tambov rising occurred :
1920-21
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What was the Tambov rising?
1000s peasants rebelled - resistance to grain requisitioning
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Kronstadt rising occurred:
1921
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What was the Kronstadt rising?
1000s of workers and sailors demanded end to war communism
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What replaced war communism?
New Economic Party

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