War1

Question 1

After the Crimean war, does Russia change?

Answer 1

no it remains an autocracy

Question 2

After the Crimean war, when are reforms made to the structure of government?

Answer 2

1861, like council of ministers (chaired by the Tsar)

Question 3

After the Crimean war, what happened to the power of the nobility?

Answer 3

it was reduced by the emancipation edict, the nobility owned 200 million acres of land in the mid 1870’s which was down to 140 million by 1914

Question 4

when was the zemstva set up?

Answer 4

1864

Question 5

How much of the Zemstva was made up of nobility?

Answer 5

74%

Question 6

What caused unrest in Russia after the Russo-Turkish war?

Answer 6

Russia won the war but didn’t win all the spoils at the Congress of Berlin

Question 7

what events did the Russo Japanese war lead to?

Answer 7

Bloody Sunday and the 1905 revolution

Question 8

how did Bloody Sunday begin?

Answer 8

a strike at the Putilov artillery works in st Petersburg

Question 9

After the 1905 revolution, what did Witte draw up?

Answer 9

1905 October manifesto in an attempt to stop the revolution

Question 10

After the 1905 revolution, what does Nicholas II replace/create?

Answer 10

he creates a new council of ministers and replaces the old council of ministers and committee of ministers

Question 11

what was the new council of ministers after the 1905 revolution like?

Answer 11

A western style cabinet chaired by the Tsar, it provides the state council and the duma material to debate

Question 12

what reverses the October manifesto ?

Answer 12

Fundamental laws 1906

Question 13

did the ideology of russian government change after the 1905 revolution?

Answer 13

no, it remained an autocracy

Question 14

what was used more after the 1905 revolution?

Answer 14

repression, 537 people were executed in 1909 compared to 23 in 1903

Question 15

what was there a rise in after the 1905 revolution?

Answer 15

political violence. 3000 were murdered by dissidents between 1905-1907

Question 16

in WW1 what did the Tsar decide to do?

Answer 16

he took charge of the armed forces in 1915 and stayed near the front line in Poland

Question 17

who was left in charge of Russia during WW1

Answer 17

the Tsarina was left in charge of Petrograd, and was increasingly under the influence of Rasputin

Question 18

when was Rasputin assassinated?

Answer 18

1916 in an attempt to avert a revolution

Question 19

how did WW1 change the attitudes of the Proletariat?

Answer 19

they were more opposed to autocracy and the Tsar

Question 20

Why did the Provisional government continue the WW1?

Answer 20

they were desperate to have the support of the UK and France

Question 21

when was the Kerensky offensive, and what did it lead to?

Answer 21

summer 1917, it led to the July days

Question 22

how many Russians were killed in the Kerensky offensive?

Answer 22

60,000

Question 23

how did the July days start? how many attended?

Answer 23

it started as an anti-war demonstration, 50,000 people attended

Question 24

how did the Bolsheviks take advantage of WW1

Answer 24

by offering ‘Peace, land, bread’

Question 25

how many attended the anti war demonstration in Petrograd on May 1st 1917?

Answer 25

100,000

Question 26

how did WW1 change peasants?

Answer 26

peasants serving in the trenches often came back literate and politically conscious, this was called trench Bolshevism

Question 27

what did the Russian revolution 1917 establish?

Answer 27

dictatorship of the proletariat

Question 28

when was the Provisional government overthrown?

Answer 28

October 1917, the constituent assembly was overthrown in January 1918

Question 29

how did the cheka victimise people?

Answer 29

based on who they were, not what they did

Question 30

how many people did the Cheka execute per year between 1917-1922?

Answer 30

28,000

Question 31

what was press freedom abolished after Russian revolution?

Answer 31

1918

Question 32

what was set up in 1921 to distribute Propoganda?

Answer 32

the Agitation and propoganda department

Question 33

did WW2 impact the structure of government?

Answer 33

no

Question 34

what did Stalin become after WW2?

Answer 34

chairman of the state defense committee, meaning he had total control over the lives of Russians

Question 35

how much did party membership increase in 1945?

Answer 35

it went from 3.67 million in 1941 to 5.8 million in 1945

Question 36

give an example of the NKVD being particularly harsh to non-Russians in WW2

Answer 36

on February 23rd in 1944, they deported all chechens (3 million of then) from Chechnya to Lazakhstan, and 1 million died on the way

Question 37

what threat became severe in the cold war?

Answer 37

the threat of nuclear war

Question 38

when was the Cuban missile crisis? what did it lead to?

Answer 38

1962, it led to a nuclear confrontation with the USA

Question 39

how many were killed in the hungarin uprising? what policy was this due to?

Answer 39

3000, destalinisation

Question 40

what was set up to control communist parties in eastern europe?

Answer 40

COMINFORM

Question 41

what 3 things was Russia he first to do during the Cold war?

Answer 41

create ICBM's in 1957, put a man in space in 1961, and put a satellite in space, in 1957