HISTORY AQA GCSE RUSSIA
2 Bolshevik slogans? - correct answer'Peace, Bread, Land and Freedom' and 'All Power to the Soviets'
3 leaders of the non-communist forces in the Civil War? - correct answerDenikin, Kolchak, Yudenich
About how many died during the Russian Civil War? - correct answerapprox 10 million
Aims of War Communism? - correct answerbegin to create communism in Russia by sharing resources
more equally amongst people + win the Civil War by ensuring that workers in towns and the Red Army
were supplied with food and weapons.
biggest mistake made by the new government? - correct answercarrying on the war
Capital of Russia before the war? - correct answerSt Petersburg
Capital of Russia during the war? - correct answerPetrograd
failures of stolypin's reforms? - correct answer90% of land in the west of Rusia remained under the
control of the mir in 1916, wages remained low and the cost of food and housing remained high, Even in
Russia's empire best farmland (Ukraine) farms remained small
Fundamental Law - correct answerrestores Nicholas' supreme autocratic power, Tsar uses this to
reinstate himself as more powerful.
how did stolypin's death affect the Tsar - correct answerpublic support decreased, oppression continued
when soldiers opened fire on striking workers at the Lena Goldfields in 1912
How did the government deal with revolutionaries? - correct answerexile to Siberia, arrest from the
Okhrana
, how many people died and were injured in bloody sunday? - correct answerapprox. 200 died. a further
800 were injured.
How much fighting was there in the Capital (at the start of the October Revolution)? - correct
answerlittle to none, was a bloodless coup for the most part.
How much of Russia did the Bolsheviks control at the end of 1917? - correct answerThe central areas;
Petrograd and Moscow. Were surrounded by the whites.
How successful were the Dumas? - correct answer4 dumas, increasing unsuccessful. Began with a large
franchise ended with a narrow. Tsar never really listened to them anyway.
How well did the Russians do in the War? - correct answernot very well/ badly. blaimed the Tsar for this.
July Days - correct answerwhen the Bolsheviks rose in insurrection but ended up failing. This hardened
political lines in Russia. Bolsheviks were arrested. Lenin escaped disguised as an engine driver and
crossed into Finland.
Leading figure of the Provisional Government? - correct answerAlexander Kerensky
Leading member of the Petrograd Soviets - correct answerTrotsky
Lena Goldfields? - correct answersoldiers opened fire on striking workers in 1912, 250 were killed.
reminded people of Bloddy Sunday
Main policies of the Provisional Government - correct answerelection of a Constituent Assembly,
carrying on the war, liberties (freedom of speech, human rights (allowed Lenin to come back in April)),
keeping land with land owners
Name of the committee of workers and soldiers in the capital? - correct answerPetrograd Soviets
2 Bolshevik slogans? - correct answer'Peace, Bread, Land and Freedom' and 'All Power to the Soviets'
3 leaders of the non-communist forces in the Civil War? - correct answerDenikin, Kolchak, Yudenich
About how many died during the Russian Civil War? - correct answerapprox 10 million
Aims of War Communism? - correct answerbegin to create communism in Russia by sharing resources
more equally amongst people + win the Civil War by ensuring that workers in towns and the Red Army
were supplied with food and weapons.
biggest mistake made by the new government? - correct answercarrying on the war
Capital of Russia before the war? - correct answerSt Petersburg
Capital of Russia during the war? - correct answerPetrograd
failures of stolypin's reforms? - correct answer90% of land in the west of Rusia remained under the
control of the mir in 1916, wages remained low and the cost of food and housing remained high, Even in
Russia's empire best farmland (Ukraine) farms remained small
Fundamental Law - correct answerrestores Nicholas' supreme autocratic power, Tsar uses this to
reinstate himself as more powerful.
how did stolypin's death affect the Tsar - correct answerpublic support decreased, oppression continued
when soldiers opened fire on striking workers at the Lena Goldfields in 1912
How did the government deal with revolutionaries? - correct answerexile to Siberia, arrest from the
Okhrana
, how many people died and were injured in bloody sunday? - correct answerapprox. 200 died. a further
800 were injured.
How much fighting was there in the Capital (at the start of the October Revolution)? - correct
answerlittle to none, was a bloodless coup for the most part.
How much of Russia did the Bolsheviks control at the end of 1917? - correct answerThe central areas;
Petrograd and Moscow. Were surrounded by the whites.
How successful were the Dumas? - correct answer4 dumas, increasing unsuccessful. Began with a large
franchise ended with a narrow. Tsar never really listened to them anyway.
How well did the Russians do in the War? - correct answernot very well/ badly. blaimed the Tsar for this.
July Days - correct answerwhen the Bolsheviks rose in insurrection but ended up failing. This hardened
political lines in Russia. Bolsheviks were arrested. Lenin escaped disguised as an engine driver and
crossed into Finland.
Leading figure of the Provisional Government? - correct answerAlexander Kerensky
Leading member of the Petrograd Soviets - correct answerTrotsky
Lena Goldfields? - correct answersoldiers opened fire on striking workers in 1912, 250 were killed.
reminded people of Bloddy Sunday
Main policies of the Provisional Government - correct answerelection of a Constituent Assembly,
carrying on the war, liberties (freedom of speech, human rights (allowed Lenin to come back in April)),
keeping land with land owners
Name of the committee of workers and soldiers in the capital? - correct answerPetrograd Soviets
