Russia in 1914
Russia’s economy was mainly based on what sector?
Agriculture
What event triggered mass protests in Petrograd in February 1917?
Bread Riots
What country supported Kolchak's White forces?
Britain
What decree formally ended Russia’s role in WWI?
Peace Decree
What NEP policy allowed small-scale private trade?
Market Liberalisation
Who was Tsar of Russia in 1914?
Tsar Nicholas II
What military unit refused orders to fire on protesters in February 1917?
Mutinous Soldiers
What Bolshevik agency carried out the Red Terror?
Cheka
What major institution was shut down by Lenin’s government in 1917?
Constituent Assembly
What term describes Stalin’s 1928 policy shift?
Great Turn
What class made up most of Russia’s population?
Peasants
What revolutionary group became an alternative power base in 1917?
Soviets
What economic policy ran alongside the Civil War?
War Communism
What 1918 document outlined the Soviet state’s legal foundation?
Constitution
What percentage of farms were collectivised by 1932?
Ninety Percent
What was the name of the Russian parliament?
Duma
What document outlined Lenin’s April 1917 strategy?
April Theses
What geographic advantage did the Reds have?
Answer: Central Position
What replaced the Russian Empire’s name in 1922?
USSR
What were state-run collective farms called?
Kolkhoz
What term described Russia’s outdated, semi-feudal system?
Autocracy
What military failure discredited the Provisional Government in July 1917?
July Offensive
What anti-Bolshevik uprising occurred in 1921?
Answer: Kronstadt
What principle allowed national minorities some autonomy?
Self-determination
What group was scapegoated and targeted during collectivisation?
Kulaks