Russia

Question 1

What is the chronological order of czars?

Answer 1

Nicholas I, Alexander II, Alexander III, Nicholas II

Question 2

How did liberal ideas arrive in Russia?

Answer 2

Napoleons invasion of Russia

Question 3

Why did Decembrist Revolt fail?

Answer 3

It’s supporters couldn’t decide on a form of government.

Question 4

What happened in the Crimean war?

Answer 4

Russia against England, France, and Ottoman Empire.

Question 5

What are some new technologies used in the Crimean war?

Answer 5

Telegraph, steamship, and photography

Question 6

What was the most important reform of Czar Alexander II?

Answer 6

Freeing the serfs

Question 7

How did Czar Alexander II die?

Answer 7

Bomb blast

Question 8

What was work done by Tolstoy?

Answer 8

Anna Karinina

Question 9

What was a work by Dostoevsky?

Answer 9

Crime and Punishment

Question 10

What was a work by Alexander Pushkin?

Answer 10

Eugene Onegin

Question 11

Name three Russian authors?

Answer 11

Alexander Pushkin, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy.

Question 12

What is nihilism?

Answer 12

The rejection of all social institutions.

Question 13

What is a pogrom?

Answer 13

Russian attacks on Jewish villages

Question 14

Who were the Mensheviks?

Answer 14

Russian socialists who wanted to achieve socialism peacefully.

Question 15

What was the name of the book by Vladimir Lenin?

Answer 15

What is to be Done?

Question 16

How did Lenin’s views differ from Marx regarding the Socialist Revolution?

Answer 16

Lenin beloved you needed leadership and organization.

Question 17

Which war did Russia fight in 1904-1905?

Answer 17

Russia-Japanese War

Question 18

What happened on Bloody Sunday?

Answer 18

Winter palace guards fired on protesters.

Question 19

What was apart of October Manifesto?

Answer 19

Civil liberties guaranteed, a constitution, and a legislature(Duma).

Question 20

Why was Nicholas II able to ignore the October Manifesto?

Answer 20

Reformers couldn’t agree on ideas for government.

Question 21

Russian Orthodox monk who influenced the Czarina Alexandra.

Answer 21

Rasputin

Question 22

Prince Alexei suffered from

Answer 22

Hemophilia

Question 23

What critical mistake did Nicholas II make?

Answer 23

Took direct control of the war effort in WWI.

Question 24

What happened in the October Revolution?

Answer 24

Provisional government pushed out

Question 25

What critical mistake did the Provisional government make?

Answer 25

Continued fighting the war

Question 26

What were the three main ideas of Lenin’s April Thesis?

Answer 26

get out of WWI, don’t cooperate with the provisional government, and give land to peasants

Question 27

What was the Cheka?

Answer 27

The Bolshevik secret police.

Question 28

The Bolshevik Party changed its name to:

Answer 28

The communist party

Question 29

Which nation was created in 1922?

Answer 29

Soviet Union

Question 30

What is Anarchism?

Answer 30

Desire for society with no government or state.

Question 31

Describe Populism

Answer 31

Peasants were divided and intellectuals went to stir revolution.

Question 32

What is Panslavism?

Answer 32

The sought unity of all Slavs

Question 33

Why was Alexander III against reforms?

Answer 33

Because of the assassination of Alexander II

Question 34

What was the rail line from Moscow to the Pacific Ocean called?

Answer 34

Trans Siberian Railroad

Question 35

Who was the finance minister who led the push for industrial action under Alexander III and Nicholas II?

Answer 35

Sergei Witte

Question 36

Who were the Bolsheviks?

Answer 36

Group of people in a democratic party who wanted violent revolution.

Question 37

What was Nicolas II’s wife’s name?

Answer 37

Alexandra

Question 38

Why was Nicholas II forced to step down?

Answer 38

Loss of Russia Japanese war,Bloody Sunday, World War I human toll, and took direct control on war effort.

Question 39

Who was the prime minister of the provisional gov. ?

Answer 39

Alexander Kerensky

Question 40

Who were the members of the original Politburo?

Answer 40

Vladimir Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin, Zenoviev, and Bukharin.

Question 41

Who were the two sides of the Russian Civil War?

Answer 41

Reds (Bolsheviks) and Whites(Everyone Else)

Question 42

Which side won the Russian Cival War and why?

Answer 42

Red army won(Bolsheviks) because they were well organized and disciplined.