February revolution

Question 1

What percentage of people in Russia were peasants in 1900?

Answer 1

82%

Question 2

What percentage of people were urbanites in 1900?

Answer 2

2.5%

Question 3

What and when was the Russo-Japanese war?

Answer 3

1905- Russia wanted to expand in the East, Japan wanted a mainland port. The Tsar saw the Japanese as an inferior nation and he believed that Russia would crush them. Japan crushed Russia.

Question 4

What and when was Bloody Sunday?

Answer 4

1905- somewhere between 100 and 5,000 unarmed protestors led by a Priest were killed by the Tsar’s army. During the Russo-Japanese war. Example of Russia’s blood-soaked past

Question 5

When was the October Manifesto and why was it significant?

Answer 5

1905- Tsar Nicholas II agreed to this after the whole Bloody Sunday thing caused issues. Some of its policies included the Duma having to approve laws before they are passed, basic freedoms, and giving suffrage to all groups in electing the state Duma

Question 6

What and when were the Fundamental Laws?

Answer 6

1906- They kind of went back on the October manifesto by making it possible for the Tsar to pass laws without consulting the Duma if they were not in session. It also introduced an Upper Chamber almost solely chosen by the Tsar, gave the Tsar the power to dissolve the Duma at any time, and made the Duma only able to meet once per calendar year.

Question 7

How many workers were on strike by 1917?

Answer 7

145,000

Question 8

How did wages change over the course of WW1?

Answer 8

They doubled from 1914-17, but the price of food and fuel quadrupled in this time soooooo

Question 9

What were bread rations during WW1?

Answer 9

It fell from 2.7Ibs in 1916 to 1.8Ibs daily in 1917

Question 10

Where did food supplies sink under their own weight?

Answer 10

Archangel Railway Station

Question 11

How many soldiers died at the Battle of Tannenberg and when?

Answer 11

1914- 300,000 casualties

Question 12

How much money did Russia spend on WW1 altogether?

Answer 12

1.5 billion roubles between 1914 and 1917

Question 13

How many wagons of grain made it to Petrograd in 1917 and how many were meant to?

Answer 13

Only 300 out of 1000 actually made it

Question 14

What crucial mistake did the Tsar make in 1915?

Answer 14

He decided to take control of the army in 1915, which linked him to their defeat

Question 15

Who killed Rasputin and when?

Answer 15

Prince Yusupov in 1916

Question 16

How much of the population was mobilised in the war?

Answer 16

8.8% of the population

Question 17

What was requisitioned throughout the war?

Answer 17

Agricultural horses

Question 18

What were the geographical reasons why Tsarism collapsed in 1917?

Answer 18

Britain could fit into Russia about 100x, which is a lot of people to rule over (80% of them were peasants too)
Such a large empire made it difficult to squash rebellions
A lot of the national minorities hadn’t been treated with respect, so they were quite keen to overthrow the Tsar anyways

Question 19

What were the economic reasons for the collapse of Tsarism in 1917?

Answer 19

Russia was centuries behind the rest of the world in terms of modernisation
The economy was failing after the war+ lack of middle class meant lack of innovation
They couldn’t even have one gun per man, so how are they meant to survive in a war

Question 20

How many protestors were shot on the Tsar’s request on the 23rd Feb 1917 and what effect did this have?

Answer 20

50 people. It didn’t have much effect because they couldn’t shoot everyone. It just showed that the Tsar was not a great leader and didn’t know what he was doing

Question 21

Which group of (supposedly loyal) soldiers refused to follow instructions during the Feb Rev?

Answer 21

The Cossacks

Question 22

How did the Kronstadt mutiny begin during the Feb Rev?

Answer 22

One of the sailors shot their superior

Question 23

When did the Tsar officially abdicate and when was he put under house arrest?

Answer 23

Abdicated 2nd March, placed under house arrest 3rd March 1917

Question 24

When did the Tsar try to dissolve the Duma and how did this go?

Answer 24

26TH Feb 1917- they simply refused. This was technically the point in which he lost control