WW1
World War 1 began with the assassination of which individual?
What is 'Franz Ferdinand'?
How did the 1905 Russian Revolution begin?
What is 'Bloody Sunday'?
What was the name of Russia's Prime Minister from 1906-1911
What is 'Peter Stolypin'?
How did the February Revolution start?
What is 'a strike at the Putilov steelworks followed by a march to protest the war'?
Who returned to Petrograd in April 1917?
What is 'Lenin'?
Why did Russia commit to World War 1
What is 'alliance with Serbia and France'?
What was the name of the conflict that Russia was engaged in from 1904?
What is the 'Russo-Japanese War'?
What were the fundamental laws
What is "Nicholas II confirming supreme power over the Duma"
Why were people in Petrograd unhappy in early 1917?
What is 'cost of WW1, heavy inflation, low wages and shortages of goods'
Why was the Provisional Government unpopular?
What is "continued involvement in WW1 and not redistributing land to peasants'?
What was the first major defeat suffered by the Russians during WW1?
What is 'the Battle of Tannenburg'?
What were the long term economic problems that were impacting the peasants and workers?
What is 'heavy tax, redemption payments, famine and industrial slump'?
What was the nickname for the hangmans noose during this period?
What is "Stolypins Necktie"?
What was the progressive bloc?
What is '12 Duma ministers that refused Nicholas's orders and formed the provisional government?'
What was the result of the 'July Days'?
What is 'Lenin fled Russia, Trotsky and other Bolshevik leaders imprisoned, Trotsky formulates a plan for a successful takeover'?
Who took personal command of the Russian army in 1915?
What is "Tsar Nicholas II"?
What important council of workers formed in St Petersburg during the 1905 Revolution?
What is the 'St Petersburg Soviet'?
What was the aim of Stolypin's agricultural reforms?
What is "create a wealthy class of peasants called 'kulaks' that will stimulate industry and provide stability"?
How did the February Revolution come to an end?
What is 'the abdication of Tsar Nicholas and the formation of the provisional government'?
Why was the Kornilov affair a good thing for the Bolsheviks?
What is 'gained large public support, an armed red guard, a weakened provisional government'?
Why was Tsar Nicholas II taking command a mistake?
What is "personal responsibility of losses in war and replacing a popular and competent general"?
What did Nicholas promise to end the 1905 Revolution?
What is "the October Manifesto, promising a duma, civil rights and freedom of the press"?
What were the consequences from Stolypin's reforms?
What is "poorer peasants being forced into cities to work, which led to population growth, overcrowding and inflation"?
What is meant by 'Dual Power'?
What is 'power shared between the provisional government and the Petrograd soviet to run Russia'?
Why were the Bolsheviks able to seize power in October 1917?
What is 'majority in Petrograd and Moscow soviets, the influence of Lenin, the weakness of the Provisional Government and Kerensky'?