Russia before WWI
Before being renamed Petrograd, what was the name of the city that was the capital of the Russian Empire?
Saint Petersburg
Which monarch was known as the "Uncle of Europe?"
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom
In which city was Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated in?
What was the name of the Siberian mystic who infiltrated the Russian Royal family?
Grigori Rasputin
Vladimir Lenin was the leader of which political party in Russia?
The Bolsheviks
What was the name of family name of the Russian monarchs?
Romanovs
What was the German term and strategic fear of being completely surrounded by the allied forces of Britain, France, and Russia?
Encirclement
Which European nation has the largest number of casualties (killed, wounded, or missing) during WWI?
Russia (9,150,000)
Who commanded the Russian Army during WWI?
Tsar Nicholas II
Which foreign government secretly helped Lenin return from exile to St. Petersburg in 1917 to destabilize Russia?
Germany
Which political event occurred on January 9, 1905, where Imperial troops fired on unarmed workers presenting a petition to the Winter Palace?
Bloody Sunday
What was the name of the period in Europe between 1871 and 1914?
The Belle Epoque
What was the name of the warfare that characterized the Western Front during WWI?
Trench Warfare
What is the formal term meaning to voluntarily or forcefully give up royal power or step down from the throne?
Abdicate
What was the name of the March 1918 treaty that officially ended war between Bolshevik Russia and the Central Powers?
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
What was the name of the Russian legislative body Nicholas II was forced to create after the 1905 Revolution to give people a voice in government?
The Duma
What was the name of the diplomatic agreement between Britain, France, and Russia that settled colonial rivalries and formed a defensive alliance against Germany?
The Triple Entente
Which three European monarchs were cousins?
1. King George V
2. Tsar Nicholas II
3. Kaiser Wilhelm II
Name two reasons the Russian population distrusted Tsarina Alexandra?
1. She was German
2. She was advised by Rasputin
In which month and year did Lenin and the Bolsheviks successfully overthrew the Provisional Government of Russia?
October, 1917
What was the agricultural system that tied peasants to the land, which was not abolished in Russia until 1861?
Feudalism/serfdom
What are the names of the three of the six long term causes of WWI?
Poorly Run Governments
Nationalism
Imperialism’s Proxy Wars
Industrialism
Militarism
Alliances
Which nation asked Russia for military protection after receiving an ultimatum from Austria-Hungary?
Serbia
What immediate home-front crisis in St. Petersburg triggered mass worker strikes and protests in early March 1917?
Bread and food shortages
Name three modern day countries lost by Russia under the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Finland, Poland, Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan.