Nicholas II

Question 1

How much did coal, iron and steel production increase form 1890-1900

Answer 1

iron and steel x8
coal x3

Question 2

How many of the blast furnaces in the Donbass were operational in 1903?

Answer 2

23/35

Question 3

How much of russia’s iron and steel was used on railways by 1890

Answer 3

60%

Question 4

What percentage of the railways were government owned

Answer 4

70%

Question 5

How many foreign companies had invested in Russian industry by 1900

Answer 5

269

Question 6

what did adopting the gold standard do for investment

Answer 6

protected investment with a stable currency

Question 7

Why did Witte keep high import tariffs

Answer 7

to encourage internal industrial growth

Question 8

Why did Witte raise taxes

Answer 8

tp encourage peasants to sell their grain, increasing russia’s export and foreign currency

Question 9

Witte finance minister

Answer 9

1893-1903

Question 10

Stolypin’s land reforms aim

Answer 10

allow peasants to leave mir
reduce power of mir
redistribute the land of nobles
help kulaks buy land to create more efficient farms

Question 10

How much of Russia’s economy was based on food exports

Answer 10

50%

Question 11

Russia’s population change from 1861-97

Answer 11

50 to 79 million

Question 12

What was a khutor

Answer 12

A plot where the owner lived on his land, seperate from the village

Question 13

What was an otrub

Answer 13

where the owner has consolidated land but still lives within the village

Question 14

What system was still largely used for distributing land

Answer 14

the three strip system

Question 15

When were the textile strikes in st petersburg and how many women were involved?

Answer 15

1896-7, 30000

Question 16

What was the literacy rate by 1897

Answer 16

57.8%

Question 17

How many strikers were there in January 1905?

Answer 17

110,000

Question 18

How many signed Father Gabon’s petition?

Answer 18

150,000

Question 19

Nickname for nicholas?

Answer 19

little father

Question 20

how many killed in bloody sunday

Answer 20

96 (reported) - 200

Question 21

How many were executed and deported in response to 1905

Answer 21

15,000, 45,000

Question 22

nickname for noose after executions in 1906

Answer 22

stolypin’s necktie

Question 23

Largest party, and seat share in 1st duma

Answer 23

Kadets, 182/448

Question 24

what percentage of workers in st petersburg voted in the 2nd duma

Answer 24

70%

Question 25

what did the vyborg manifesto do?

Answer 25

Urged people to boycott voting, gave Tsar a reason to shut down the Kadets.

Question 26

Largest party in 3rd duma, and number of seats

Answer 26

Octobrists, 154

Question 27

how many of the 2500 proposals were approved by 3rd duma

Answer 27

2200

Question 28

When was universal education act passed

Answer 28

1908

Question 29

Main beliefs of the liberals

Answer 29

Civil rights, free elections, constitutional monarchy

Question 30

Main beliefs of SD

Answer 30

Oppose the SR, marxist socialists, want to achieve revolution through the working class

Question 31

What groups did the SR follow from

Answer 31

Populists/narodniks

Question 32

What belief was popular at the outbreak of war

Answer 32

nationalism

Question 33

What % of Russian men were conscripted for WW1

Answer 33

40

Question 34

How many rifles were there by winter 1914

Answer 34

2 between 3 men

Question 35

Why was St Petersburg changed to Petrograd

Answer 35

St petersburg sounded too German

Question 36

What proportion of the Austrian army were taken out by the Brusilov campaign

Answer 36

1/2

Question 37

% growth in shell production by 1916

Answer 37

1000

Question 37

Where was Russia forced out of in 1916

Answer 37

Poland, Lithuania, Latvia

Question 38

Russians killed and russians wounded between May and December 1915

Answer 38

1 million

Question 39

Total casualties from WW1

Answer 39

8 million

Question 40

Why did the Zemgor and Congress of industry and business weaken the Tsar's authority

Answer 40

They showed effective governance was possible without the Tsar's ruling

Question 41

Why was Rasputin so popular with the Romanovs

Answer 41

He claimed he could heal their son, Alexei who had haemophillia

Question 42

What were the rumors surrounding Rasputin

Answer 42

Sexually promiscuous, thought to have an affair with Alexandra

Question 43

What did the minister of the interior, rasputin's friends Prologopov, suggest

Answer 43

Allowing a revolution to occur so they could withdraw the army from the war to crush it.

Question 44

What effect did the death of Rasputin have on Tsarist authority

Answer 44

Failures of the government could only be blamed on Tsar

Question 45

How much does the war cost by 1918

Answer 45

14.5 billion roubles

Question 46

Why was the loss of poland significant

Answer 46

it was a centre of industrial activity

Question 47

How many of 1000 wagons of food made it to Petrograd/ month by 1917

Answer 47

300

Question 48

What does the 1.2kg bread ration change to from 1917

Answer 48

40g

Question 49

Why did grain production decrease during the war

Answer 49

50% of farmers were at war

Question 50

Name of police chief murdered in february 1917 strikes

Answer 50

Shalfeev

Question 51

Which party had the largest share of seats in the First Duma

Answer 51

Kadets

Question 52

What did the Kadets issue after being angered by the ineffective nature of the First Duma

Answer 52

Vyborg Manifesto

Question 53

What percentage of workers in St Petersburg voted to elect the 2nd Duma

Answer 53

70%

Question 54

What commodities was Russia the 4th largest producer of by 1914

Answer 54

Coal, pig iron and steel

Question 55

When did russia become the largest cereal exporter

Answer 55

1911

Question 56

When did the SD split

Answer 56

1903 at the second congress of soviets

Question 57

What were the main beliefs of the liberals

Answer 57

civil rights and freedoms. free elections and democracy, self determination for minority groups and extended power for the zemstvo.

Question 58

What were the aims of the SR

Answer 58

to overthrow the government with a peasant revolution, believed the peasants should control the country

Question 59

who supported the SR

Answer 59

peasants, middle class people and some workers

Question 60

how many assassination did the SR commit 1900-14

Answer 60

2000

Question 61

When was the SR founded

Answer 61

1899

Question 62

What ideas did the SR follow

Answer 62

Marxist and populist

Question 63

What well known book did Lenin write what is to be done and where was it published

Answer 63

1902- socialist newspaper iskra.