Marxism
World War One
The October Revolution
Decree on People & Peace
Civil War
100
Spell this social class...
P R O L E T A R I A T
100
What was the name of the leader of the Russian army, prior to being replaced by the Tsar?
Grand Duke Nicholas.
100
What month did Lenin deliver his famous speech demanding "Peace, Land, Bread"?
April...
The April Thesis.
100
How many 'counter-revolutionaries' were killed during the four years of Red Terror?
50,000 over four years.
100
Name any two counter-revolutionaries from the White Army.
Czech deserters.
General Kolchack & General Kornilov.
British, French & American troops.
Pro-Tsarist supporters.
The Kronstadt sailors.
200
1 - What is capital?
2 - What is capitalism?
1 - Money.
2 - When private companies operate for the sole purpose of making a profit.
200
X gun between Y soldiers, with Z bullets per day.
1 gun between 3 soldiers, with 4 bullets per day.
200
Which group supported the formation of the Military Revolutionary Committee for a swift overnight revolution?
Bolsheviks.
200
What was the peace treaty called that withdrew Russia from World War One?
Brest-Litovsk (3rd March, 1918)
200
Who was put in charge of the Red Army?
General Trotsky.
300
Name Marx & Engles' two main publications.
Das Capital.
The Communist Manifesto.
300
How many soldiers deserted from the front lines by 1917?
2 million.
300
Name the naval base who commanded the naval ship "Aurora".
Kronstadt.
300
How much farmland was lost to Germany when Russia withdrew from the War?
32% of total farmlands.
300
Name any three features of War Communism.
Money abolished.
Trading of good prohibited.
Farm produce confiscated.
Working day lengthened.
Strikes prohibited.
400
Which leader was willing to modify classical Marxism to fit the Russian situation.
Vladimir Lenin
400
How many ministers were dismissed by the Tsarina & Rasputin over the first two years of the war?
36 Ministers.
400
Where did the Petrograd Soviet give speeches in favour of an overnight revolution?
Smolny Institute. A private girls' school.
400
Name any two things that were accomplished by the Decree on People.
Land was nationalised.
Banks were nationalised.
Means of production (factories) were nationalised.
Church & aristocratic property were confiscated.
Cancelled all foreign debt.
400
Name any three features of N.E.P. (New Economic Policies)
Re-introduction of capitalism.
- Money
- Trading for profit
Farmers & factories can now keep any profit they make.
Forced equalisation was stopped.
500
What two ways did the Tsar fail to deal with the new influx of Western Liberal ideas into Russia.
Failed to crush them, like his father did.
Failed to give political freedoms, like an effective Duma.
500
By what % did the price of food increase in 1916?
300%
500
Why did Kerensky flee Petrograd on the night of the revolution?
To find reinforcements. He couldn't so then left the country for America.
500
Recite one quote from Lenin concerning peace and World War One.
"Disarmament is the ideal of Socialism. There will be no wars in a Socialist society." - The War and Democracy (1917)
500
What do you think... was the authoritarian rule of Nicholas Romanov so different than the authoritarian rule of Stalin / Lenin?
Convince me...
