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The name of the last Tsar of Russia
Nicholas Romanov
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The leader of the ‘Provisional Government’?
Who is Alexander Kerensky
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What did the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk decide?
What is the terms of the peace between Germany and Russia.
100
The Policy that allowed the return of private enterprise in 1924.
What is the New Economic Policy?
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Lenin promised people these three things.
What is 'Peace, Land, Bread.'
200
What was the name of the Tsar’s secret police?
Okhrana
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What did Soviet Order Number 1 say?
What is "All power to the Soviets"
200
Give two ways Lenin tried to make Russian society communist prior to institutiong War Communism.
What is 1.Banned religion, destroyed churches and killed priests. 2. A Labour Law gave workers an 8-hour day, unemployment pay and pensions. 3. There was a huge campaign to teach everyone to read. 4. Science was encouraged, and useless subjects like Latin and History were banned. 5. Free love, divorce and abortion were allowed = different morality and style of life. 6. Redistribution of land.
200
A massive famine in this region cost millions of lives.
What is the Ukraine.
200
Marx thought this group would overthrow the bourgeoisie.
What is the proletariat.
300
What is the name one Russian defeat in the First World War.
Tannenberg and Masurian Lakes
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Which general revolted in August 1917 but was defeated by the Bolsheviks?
General Kornilov
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The name of the Bolshevik's secret police.
What is the Cheka.
300
What was the major event of 1921 that forced the Bolsheviks to radically alter their policy of War Communism.
What is mutiny by the sailors at the Kronstadt Naval Base.
300
The Bolsheviks were radicals, this group were moderate Marxists.
What is Mensheviks.
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What is the name of the Prime Minister who had tried to reform Russia in the 1900s.
Peter Stolypin
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What did Lenin call his plans for Russia?
What is The April Thesis
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Name three features of War Communism.
What is 1. Larger factories taken over by the government. 2. Military discipline in factories and strikers shot. 3. Peasants had to give all surplus food to the government. 4. Rationing. = very harsh tyranny.
400
Lenin's birth name, in full.
What is Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov.
400
This word describes the type of government the Tsars led. (Not monarchy)
What is autocratic.
500
Nicholas abdicated and left the throne to who? (Name)
Who is Nicholas' brother, the Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich.
500
How many seats did the Bolsheviks win in the elections of November 1917?
What is 175 seats.
500
Who led the Commintern?
Who is Zinoviev.
500
This women attempted to assassinate Lenin in 1918.
Who is Fanya Kaplan.
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These two inspired communist changes in Russia when they wrote 'The Communist Manifesto'.
Who is Marx and Engels.