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Transfer of power
100

How many children did the Royal family contain?

5- Anastasia, Alexi, Olga, Maria, Tatiana

100

What was the Russian term used for the peasants?

serfs

100

What was the largest group in Russian society?

Peasants

100
Lenin and Trotsky gained most of their ideology by reading the works of who?
Karl Marx
100

On what date did Nicholas II abdicate the throne?

2 March 1917

200

Who was Nicholas II's father?

Alexander III

200

Explain the term autocracy.

Where one person leads and runs the country.

200
List 3 reasons why Russia was hard to govern?
languages, size, backward compared to rest of Europe, climate.
200

What did Nicholas issue to avoid revolution on 1905?

October Manifesto

200

This historic event, occurring on February 23rd by the Julian calendar, sparked the February 1917 Revolution.

International Women's Day 23 Feb 1917

300

What disease did Alexei have? what does this term mean?

Haemophilia, thinning of blood which can lead to unstoppable bleeds.

300
What two wars contributed to the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty?
Russo- Japanese, World War One
300

The secret police were called what?

the Okhrana

300

The Boney M song about Rasputin described him how?

Russia's greatest love Machine.

300

What was the new government after the abdication of Nicholas II known as?

Provisional Government

400

In what year did Romanov reign begin in Russia?

1613.

400
What role did the Tsar take over in WW1? when did this take place?
Army General/Commander- Sept 1915
400

What was another word/term used to describe the working class?

proletariat

400
Name the two majority revolutionary groups in 1917.
Bolsheviks and Mensheviks
400

What occurred on 27 February 1917?

Soldiers refused to shoot the protestors and joined the revolution.

500

What was the Tsarina's name and where was she from? How did she contribute to the downfall of the Dynasty?

Alexandra- Germany- She pursued a bad relationship with Rasputin, gave Nicholas bad advice, did not do a good job at running the country while Nicholas was at war.

500

What document was released to relinquish the Dumas of some of their powers and when?

Fundamental Laws, Jan 1906

500
Who led the bloody sunday marches? What occupation did he have?
Gregori Gapon- priest
500

Russia used the Old Style Julian calendar until 1918. How do you convert this to the New Style Gregorian calendar?

Add 13 days

500

This industrial city was a focal point of revolutionary activity during the February 1917 Revolution.

Petrograd (formerly known as Saint Petersburg)