The February Revolution 1917

Question 1

What do traditional historians blame the 1917 revolution on

Answer 1

Basically just caused by the war and that he was doing well before that

Question 2

What do revisionist historians blame the 1917 revolution on

Answer 2

Longer term social, political and economic problems

Question 3

When was Rasputin assassinated

Answer 3

December 1916

Question 4

What had Octobrists openly demanded

Answer 4

Certain ministers and generals should be removed

Question 5

What happened on the 9th January

Answer 5

150,000 Petrograd workers commemorate the anniversary of Bloody Sunday

Question 6

What happened on 14th February

Answer 6

100,000 workers go on strike in response news that bread is to be rationed from 1st March

Question 7

What happened on 23rd February

Answer 7

Striking workers from Putilov Arms Factory and international women’s day

Question 8

What happened on 25th February

Answer 8

Around 250,000 on strike

Question 9

What happened on 27th February

Answer 9

40 demonstrators shot dead
Soldiers break and no longer obey orders

Kerensky called for the Tsar to abdicate

Question 10

What did the Duma form instead of stopping meetings? What did the revolutionary groups set up

Answer 10

Provisional committee

The Petrograd Soviet

Question 11

What happened on 28th February

Answer 11

Start of dual authority

Question 12

What happened on 2nd March

Answer 12

Nicholas abdicated after his brother said he didn’t want to become a constitutional monarch