War and revolution

Question 1

What happened in August 1914

Answer 1

WW1

Question 2

What did WW1 cause for Russia

Answer 2

Large patriotic outburst- strikes put on hold

Question 3

After a little while of fighting what happened to support

Answer 3

cracks in support quickly appeared across different sectors of society

Question 4

Why was the army unhappy about ww1

Answer 4

Not well equipped compared to Germany.

Mainly peasants- treated badly by superiors.

Question 5

What happened in early battles like Tannenburgh and the battle of the Masurian lakes.

Answer 5

Low morale quickly settled in for soldiers

Question 6

How did the Tsar tackle low morale from soldiers

Answer 6

Became Head of Army

Question 7

Did being head of army change anything

Answer 7

No, In September 1915 Russia continued to suffer defeats

Question 8

What did taking personally control of army indict?

Answer 8

That soldiers can began to blame tsars incompetence for losses

Question 9

How content were the soldiers in 1917?

Answer 9

Very discontent.

Question 10

Lots of the army were pleasantly what did this cause?

Answer 10

Lots of widows.
Lots of orphans
all needed war pensions

Question 11

Were pensions always payed?

Answer 11

No.

Question 12

How were Workers effected by the war?

Answer 12

Shortages of raw materials
Overcrowding
Opportunity to make money.

Question 13

Did this new need for workers make wages better?

Answer 13

No, wages stayed the same.

Question 14

Prices rose in 1917, why?

Answer 14

food shortages. Due to Incompetence by government to ensure food reached the cities.
This caused Bread queues + price rises.

Question 15

did middle classes suffer as much as peasants

Answer 15

No.

Question 16

What did middle classes encounter due to war?

Answer 16

Shortages of materials, began to feel Tsars government was ineffective.

Question 17

What happened in the Duma during ww1?

Answer 17

They organised themselves into the progressive bloc to try and influence the Tsar.

Question 18

What did the Tsar do in response to the Duma?

Answer 18

He dismissed the Duma rather than listen to him, this angered them.

Question 19

What did the nobility call for by the end of 1916?

Answer 19

The abdication of the Tsar.

Question 20

Who were now part of the nobility?

Answer 20

Junior officers fighting in the war? they suffered badly during the war

Question 21

Due to the conscription of 13 million peasants what happened to the workforce?

Answer 21

They dwindled.

Question 22

How did Rasputin add to this opposition?

Answer 22

Much of the nobility had turned away from the tsar, they even killed him in 1916

Question 23

When did Rasputin die

Answer 23

1916