SECURITY OF THE TSARSIT STATE
1905 REVOLUTION
STRENGTHENING TSARISM 1905-14
FEBRUARY REVOLUTION
OCTOBER REVOLUTION
100
The secret police force set up in 1881 to deal with enemies of the Tsar
What is the Okhrana?
100
The name for the repayment of loans given out in the 1860's to the peasants to allow them to buy their land
What are redemption payments?
100
It was of the Manifesto in which the Tsar promised democratic reform
What is October?
100
The Tsar overthrown by the 1917 February Revolution
Who is Nicholas II?
100
The leader of the Bolshevik Party
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
200
He came to power in Russia in 1881 following the assassination of his father
Who is Alexander III?
200
The Orthodox Priest who led the peaceful march that erupted into Bloody Sunday
Who is Father Gapon?
200
Accommodation with this group of people helped the Tsar regain his authority
What is the army?
200
The first name of mystical monk, Rasputin
Who is Grigori?
200
The important body that competed for power with the Provisional Government
What is the Petrograd Soviet?
300
It states that the Tsar is "the Emperor of all the Russians and is an autocratic and unlimited monarch"
What are the Fundamental Laws?
300
These natural disasters struck in 1897, 1898 and 1901 helping to fuel working class discontent
What is famine?
300
The nickname for the hangman's noose, named after Russia's prime minister
What is Stolypin's neck tie?
300
The year in which the Tsar appointed himself as leader of the Russian Army in WW1
What is 1915?
300
The month that Lenin produced his Theses of Bolshevik policy
What is April?
400
It split in 1903 into the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks
What are the Social Democrats?
400
The land battle where Russian troops were heavily defeated by the Japanese in February 1905
What is the Battle of Mukhden?
400
The number of Duma that saw the most reforms passed
What is the Third Duma?
400
The International Day celebrated on 23 February where demonstrations brought Russia to its knees
What is International Women's Day?
400
The Russian Minister of War who decided to keep Russia involved in World War 1
Who was Kerensky?
500
To the nearest 5% it is the percentage of the population of Russia that were actually Russian according to the 1897 Census
What is 44%?
500
He was the Tsar's close adviser who pursued a policy of industrialisation for Russia in the 1890's
Who is Sergei Witte?
500
The Social Democrat leader arrested in St Petersburg in 1905
Who is Leon Trotsy?
500
The liberal leader who led the bourgeoisie to set up the Zemstvo Union
Who is Prince Lvov?
500
The General who led a failed revolt against the Provisional Government in July 1917
Who was Kornilov?
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