The Regime
The compliant Prime Minister of the tsar’s Duma who made many positive reforms, but did so with an iron fist (or neck tie)
Piotr Stolypin
Once THIS organisation was re-established in February 1917, THAT first move irrevocably damaged the power of the Petrograd Soviet
THIS - The Petrograd Soviet
THAT - Order Number 1I was established in December 1917 to investigate counter-revolutionary action
The Cheka
Some peasants prospered under the NEP, and a new social class was created that was soon to be a target for the Communist Party
Kulaks
Lenin's real name is...
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
The tsarist policy of erasing the cultures of ethnic minorities and forcing them to adopt Russian language and traditions.
Russification
Who was Russia NOT receiving loans and supplies from during the war to cope with intense shortages and infrastructure failures
a) Britain
b) The United States
c) Belgium
d) Italy
e) France
f) Japan
c) Belgium
Which two armies fought in the Tambov Rebellion of 1921?
Red and Blue
After the war, Russia was a pariah state, as was THIS country.
The two nations signed onto THAT in 1922 which sought to help the other regain their status as European powers.
THIS - Germany
THAT - Treaty of Rapallo
Which one was NOT formally legalised during the Civil War by the Bolsheviks?
a) cannibalism
b) hair rationing
c) Seizure of pets for food
C) seizure of pets
The three pillars of Tsarist Russia
Autocracy
Orthodoxy
Nationalism
I was only doing my job. The Provisional Government hung me out to dry in April and slid further into dual authority.
Pavel Milyukov
BONUS – Who was the Minister for War at the time who was also forced to resign?
They were once considered by Trotsky as the pride and glory of the revolution. By the end of the Civil War, they needed to be violently suppressed by the Red Army
The Kronstadt Sailors
The financial crisis of 1922-23, in which manufacturing prices skyrocketed and grain prices fell dramatically.
The Scissors Crisis
Which of the following statistics is NOT true?
A) Russia lost approximately 3.3 million people in WW1, including 1.5 million civilians
B) Russia lost more than 7 million in the Civil War, with millions dying of famine and disease.
C) After other nations declared their independence, Russia only had 35% of its cultivated land left
D) Between 1-2 million White army emigres fled after the Civil War.
C) Russia had 62% of its cultivated land
Which one the following superpowers did NOT share a border with tsarist Russia?
a) Japan
b) Germany
c) China
d) Britain
e) The Ottoman Empire
d) Britain
BONUS POINT: Which one was not actually a superpower at the time?
Write down the letters in chronological order
A – The Kornilov Affair
B – Prince Lvov resigns as PM; Kerensky takes over
C – the first revolution
D – Lenin’s Theses
E – Trotsky becomes VC of the Petrograd Soviet
F –The Milyukov Note
C - Feb
D - April 4th
F - April 18th
B - July
A - August
E - September
Name at least five countries that claimed their independence from Russia during the chaos of the Civil War
Finland; Poland; Ukraine; Lithuania; Latvia
Estonia; Georgia; Armenia; Azerbaijan
Belarus
What did NEP-men do?
Bought and sold goods for inflated profits
Which Bolshevik leader adopted the pseudonym from a fellow prisoner that he was locked up with in Odessa (Ukraine)?
Leon Trotsky
His original name was Lev Davidovich Bronstein
Write down the letters in chronological order
A – The Fundamental Laws
B – the Russo-Japanese War
C – The opening session of the first Duma
D – The October Manifesto
E – The RSDLP splitting into Bolshevik and Menshevik factions
F – Bloody Sunday
E (1903)
B (1904-5)
F (January 1905)
D (October 1905)
A (April, 1906)
C (the day after A)
Name 4 of the Bolshevik’s early decrees
Land
Peace
The Media
The Army
Nationalities (autonomy)
Welfare
Constituent Assembly
Write down these events in chronological order:
A – The Treaty of Riga recognising Poland
B – Assassination of Wilhelm von Mirbach in Moscow
C – The tsar and his family are murdered by Cheka agents
D – The 10th Party Congress
E – Signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
F – Reds encircled on 3 fronts, only to be pushed back
G – Most Allied troops have withdrawn from Russia
E - March 3rd, 1918
B - July 6thm 1918
C - July 17th, 1918
G - January 1920
F - December 1919
D - March 6th, 1921
A - March 18th, 1921
Many in the Communist Party were not happy about economic liberalisation and reestablishing a market economy.
Lenin argued that it was only THIS, before placing a ban on THAT to limit dissent.
THIS - a "tactical retreat"
THAT - factionalism
How long did this quiz take to make?
A) 1 hour, 47 minutes
B) 2 hours
C) 2 hours, 18 minutes
D) 3 hours
B) 2 hours