EDEXCEL A LEVEL RUSSIAN 9RU0 COMPLETE
EXAM PRACTICE PACK LISTENING READING
WRITING AND SPEAKING
◉ intelligentsia. Answer: intellectual middle class or upper class
(but not autocrats)
◉ banquet campaign. Answer: 1904
◉ what was the name of the social democrats newspaper and when
was it started?. Answer: Iskra 1900
◉ When were the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks established?. Answer:
1903
◉ how many different rural settlements were there in Russia in
1905?. Answer: 3/4 million
◉ what % of the population was literate in 1905?. Answer: 21%
◉ how long was the proletariat working week pre-1905 rev?.
Answer: 60 hours
,◉ how many strikes in 1901. Answer: 300
◉ how many strikes in 1902. Answer: 500
◉ when were the 3 main pre-1905 harvest failures?. Answer: 1892,
1898, 1902
◉ how many people died in the 1892 harvest failure?. Answer: 1.5
million
◉ Russo-Japanese War. Answer: 1904-1905
◉ what were the two locations the Russians wanted to win control
of in the Russo-Japanese war?. Answer: Manchuria and Port Arthur
◉ How long did the Baltic fleet travel to the Russo-Japanese war just
to be immediately annihilated?. Answer: 8 months
◉ what was the difference in population between 1885-1905?.
Answer: 98 million to 125 million
,◉ which treaty ended the R-J war and when?. Answer: Treaty of
Portsmouth September 1905
◉ how many people were part of the march on bloody Sunday?.
Answer: 100,000-150,000
◉ how many people died and were injured on bloody Sunday?
official records but it is probably much much higher. Answer: 200
died 800 injured
◉ when was bloody sunday?. Answer: January 9th 1905
◉ how many protesters were there in feb 1905? This was
reactionary to bloody sunday in January. Answer: 400,000
◉ how many strikers were there by the end of 1905. Answer: 2.7
million
◉ what was the term for the 1905 peasant uprisings that sprung up
around most of European Russia?. Answer: jaqueries
◉ what was the name of the battleship that mutinied, killed it's
captain and bombarded Odessa?. Answer: Battleship Potemkin
, ◉ how many members were there in the St Petersburg soviet in
1905? and how many factories did the represent. Answer: 400
members from 96 factories
◉ when did the main strike that turned violent 1905 start and end?.
Answer: 5th Dec- 18th dec
◉ how many people died in the December strike in Moscow 1905?.
Answer: 1000
◉ when were the fundamental laws that undermined the October
manifesto introduced?. Answer: 1906
◉ what did agricultural production go from and to between 1905-
1913 under Stolypin?. Answer: 45.9 million tonnes a year- 61.7
million
◉ Stolypin did what to the spending on health, poor relief and
farmer's aid between 1906-1912?. Answer: doubled it
◉ what happened to peasant land ownership rates between 1905-
1915?. Answer: went from 20% to 50%
EXAM PRACTICE PACK LISTENING READING
WRITING AND SPEAKING
◉ intelligentsia. Answer: intellectual middle class or upper class
(but not autocrats)
◉ banquet campaign. Answer: 1904
◉ what was the name of the social democrats newspaper and when
was it started?. Answer: Iskra 1900
◉ When were the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks established?. Answer:
1903
◉ how many different rural settlements were there in Russia in
1905?. Answer: 3/4 million
◉ what % of the population was literate in 1905?. Answer: 21%
◉ how long was the proletariat working week pre-1905 rev?.
Answer: 60 hours
,◉ how many strikes in 1901. Answer: 300
◉ how many strikes in 1902. Answer: 500
◉ when were the 3 main pre-1905 harvest failures?. Answer: 1892,
1898, 1902
◉ how many people died in the 1892 harvest failure?. Answer: 1.5
million
◉ Russo-Japanese War. Answer: 1904-1905
◉ what were the two locations the Russians wanted to win control
of in the Russo-Japanese war?. Answer: Manchuria and Port Arthur
◉ How long did the Baltic fleet travel to the Russo-Japanese war just
to be immediately annihilated?. Answer: 8 months
◉ what was the difference in population between 1885-1905?.
Answer: 98 million to 125 million
,◉ which treaty ended the R-J war and when?. Answer: Treaty of
Portsmouth September 1905
◉ how many people were part of the march on bloody Sunday?.
Answer: 100,000-150,000
◉ how many people died and were injured on bloody Sunday?
official records but it is probably much much higher. Answer: 200
died 800 injured
◉ when was bloody sunday?. Answer: January 9th 1905
◉ how many protesters were there in feb 1905? This was
reactionary to bloody sunday in January. Answer: 400,000
◉ how many strikers were there by the end of 1905. Answer: 2.7
million
◉ what was the term for the 1905 peasant uprisings that sprung up
around most of European Russia?. Answer: jaqueries
◉ what was the name of the battleship that mutinied, killed it's
captain and bombarded Odessa?. Answer: Battleship Potemkin
, ◉ how many members were there in the St Petersburg soviet in
1905? and how many factories did the represent. Answer: 400
members from 96 factories
◉ when did the main strike that turned violent 1905 start and end?.
Answer: 5th Dec- 18th dec
◉ how many people died in the December strike in Moscow 1905?.
Answer: 1000
◉ when were the fundamental laws that undermined the October
manifesto introduced?. Answer: 1906
◉ what did agricultural production go from and to between 1905-
1913 under Stolypin?. Answer: 45.9 million tonnes a year- 61.7
million
◉ Stolypin did what to the spending on health, poor relief and
farmer's aid between 1906-1912?. Answer: doubled it
◉ what happened to peasant land ownership rates between 1905-
1915?. Answer: went from 20% to 50%
