The Romanovs
What happened to the Romanov family after the Bolsheviks took over in Oct 1917?
Executed
What is the full name and title of the last monarch in Russia?
Tsar Nicholas II
When did WWI start and end?
1914-1918
Where did the workers march to present their petition?
Winter Palace
The two revolutions occurred in which month?
February and October
How many children did Nicholas and Alexandra have?
Five
Which country was Rasputin from?
Siberia
At what age did Nicholas become the tsar?
26
How many Dumas were there prior to WWI?
Four
What was the name of the temporary authority after the abdication of Tsar Nicholas?
Provisional Government
Which of the Romanov daughters supposedly escaped from the assassination in 1918?
Anastasia
Who was the leader of the temporary government established after the February Revolution?
Alexander Kerensky
Khodynka Tragedy
Why do historians claim the October Manifesto was doomed to fail from the beginning?
Because Nicholas did not genuinely believe in the rights that it was providing
What was Lenin's motto?
Peace, land, bread
Explain how Alexei came to be a haemophiliac.
The recessive gene was carried through from Queen Victoria to her granddaughter (Alexandra)
What is the full name of the main conspirator in Rasputin's assassination?
Felix Yusupov
Russia entered WWI in support of which country?
Serbia
The tsar instructed his troops to fire into the crowd - which two groups did they belong to?
Imperial Guard and Cossacks
St Petersburg was renamed what during WWI?
Petrograd
How old was the Romanov dynasty when it ended with Nicholas? (can round up)
304 years
Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm
Britain's King George V
Name the three countries in the Triple Alliance in WWI
The Russian empire went to war with Japan in order to gain which territory?
Port Arthur
What is the difference between Marxism and Leninism?
Lenin believed that Russia was unique and required the Bolsheviks to force the people to revolt rather than wait for it to spontaneously occur