Problems with the Provisional Government
Who did the provisional government decide to continue the war with?
Germany
Who was Alexander II?
The son of Nicholas I
What did Alexander III not allow?
What date did blood Sunday occur?
January 22, 1905
True or false: The provisional government launched an successful offensive against Germany.
False
What is Duma?
The wealthy upper class
What system did Alexander II expand?
Educational system
What did Alexander II do to his father's reforms?
Reversed them
Why did the workers march?
To present a petition for reform
Was Germanys response back to the provisional governments successful or unsuccessful?
Successful
What caused the elections for national assembly to be postponed?
Delayed economic reforms and redistribution of land to the peasants.
What year did Alexander II take the task to reform the autocracy?
1855
True or False: Alexander III did not extend the powers of the secret police.
False
Where did the workers march to?
When did the conservative general Lavr Kornilov staged an unsuccessful coup?
September
What did believe would cause desertion of troops?
The land redistributed before the end of the war?
What is one of the reforms Alexander the second made?
-Landowners had lost both land and power.
-The peasantry had made few economic gains.
-Conservatives feared weakening of the autocracy.
What did Alexander III abolish?
He abolished autonomy in schools.
How many workers marched?
200,000
Where did deserting troops flee to?
Petrograd
When did Alexander II die and who killed him?
He was killed by revolutionist in 1881
What did Alexander III create?
Intolerance and persecution of non-Russian peoples, especially the Jews.
The palace guards were told to fire into the crowd by who?
Nicholas II
When did Trotsky lead soldiers, sailors, and armed workers to the Petrograd Soviet?
November 7th