Measures to gain popularity
How many hours did Lenin reduce working day to
8
Under the Bolsheviks, the only acceptable form of address became?
‘COMRADE’
The ENTENTE was an alliance between Russia and what other 2 countries?
Lenin was FOR or AGAINST? other soviet-based parties
AGAINST
Was the Provisional Government (established after Feb 1917) FOR or AGAINST continuing the war against Germany?
FOR
What word was used to describe the urban workforce in Russia?
PROLETARIAT
How did the LEGAL system change under the Bolsheviks?
Untrained judges dispensed quick/stern/arbitrary revolutionary justice.
Which famous Bolshevik led the peace talks with Germany?
Leon Trotsky
How many days did the Constituent Assembly stay in power for?
1 day
What month in 1917 did the Germans help Lenin return to Russia?
April 1917
What Russian word means governing council (of workers)?
SOVIET
Who was the first leader of the Cheka?
Felix Dzerzhinsky (Iron Felix)
In which city were the peace talks with Germany held?
BREST-LITOVSK
What month in 1917 was the new Constituent Assembly voted in?
November 1917
(ie after the October revolution)
Why did the plane crash?
Because the pilot was a loaf of bread :)
What word means women being free from (male) control?
E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
EMANCIPATION
What event in January 1918 led to more brutal actions by the Cheka?
Attempted assassination of Lenin
What event led to Russia's peace treaty with Germany being cancelled?
Armistice (ceasefire) November 11, 1918
OR German defeat (by Allies)
OR Bolshevik legislature annulled the treaty on November 13, 1918.
What can you hold in your right hand but never in your left hand?
Your left hand
When the Congress of Soviets met to approve the peace treaty with Germany, the Bolsheviks changed their name to...?
The Russian COMMUNIST Party.
The new government (formed Nov 1917) was called ‘The Council of People’s Commissars’, or _ O _ _ _ _ _ O _
SOVNARKOM
During Russia's civil war, the unbelievable atrocities of the Cheka became known as?
RED TERROR
Name ONE of the countries that Russia had to cede (give up) in the 1918 peace treaty with Germany
Finland, most of Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Ukraine, and Belorussia.
The Socialist Revolutionary Party won what percentage of the vote in the Constituent Assembly?
40%
Who was the leader of the Provisional Government after the February Revolution in 1917? K _ _ _ _ _ _ _
KERENSKY