Russian revolution
What year was the Russian revolution?
1905
Who was Nicholas II?
A Czar / The last Czar of Russia
What date did the February revolution start?
March 8th 1917
What days did this start ?
November 6th and 7th
When did civil war happen ?
Late 1917
What was the second year of the Russian Revolution?
1917
What year did Nicholas leave the Russian Capital?
1915
On March 11th the troops of who were called upon ?
Petrograd army garrison
Who led something against the provisional government ?
Vladimir Lenin
What were the two armies included in this civil war ?
Red and White army
What was formed during the Russian Revolution?
The Soviet Union
What month and or year did Nicholas stand down from the throne ?
March of 1917
Who forced provisional government on March 12th ?
The Duma
Why is it referred to as the October Revolution?
Because on the Julian calendar it was on October 24th and 25th
What happened on July 16th 1918?
The Romanovs were executed by Bolsheviks
What was a name of one of the cities that population doubled in ?
Moscow or Petersburg
What did Nicholas get nicknamed ?
Nicholas the Bloody
What was the young Russian lawyers name ?
Alexander Kerensky
What is Vladimir Lenin referred to as ?
The party leader
Who did the White army consist of ?
White Army represented a large group of loosely allied forces, including monarchists, capitalists and supporters of democratic socialism
The Russians had large protests that led to what ?
Bloody Sunday massacre of 1905
What year was Nicholas crowned to be Czar?
1894
Who was also minister of the war ?
Alexander Kerensky
What did Lenin instead want in the government ?
a Soviet government that would be ruled directly by councils of soldiers, peasants and workers.
When the civil war ended in 1923 who won ?
The red army making the Soviet Union