AQA GCSE History; The end of Tsardom
By WW1, Russia was the ..th largest producer of... - correct answer4, steel, coal and iron
How did Rasputin rise to power? - correct answerHe 'healed' the Tsar's son, and gave them advice on
how to run the country
How did Stolypin boost industry? - correct answerAgriculture reform reduced demand in countrysides,
so more people moved to cities
How did the Tsar respond to the 1905 Revolution? - correct answerOctober Manifesto
How long did the first Duma last before they were sent home? - correct answerLess than a year
How many extra jobs did war contracts make between 1914-16? - correct answer3.5 million
How many of the Tsar's subjects spoke Russian as a first language? - correct answer40%
How many peasants had been conscripted for the war? - correct answer13 million
How many protesters were there on Bloody Sunday? - correct answer200,000
How much did the Russian population increase by between 1860-97? - correct answer50%
How much land did the aristocracy own? - correct answer25%
Very early in the war, where did Russia experience defeats? - correct answerTannenburg and the
Masurian Lakes
, What caused the 1905 revolution? - correct answerDefeat in the Russo-Japanese war, economic
hardship, political opposition to the Tsar
What class emerged as a result of industrialisation under the Tsar? - correct answerCapitalists
What class of people led the Russian army? - correct answerAristocrats
What did Bolsheviks believe? - correct answerIt was their job to create a revolution and overthrow the
Tsar
What did issuing the October Manifesto allow the Tsar to do? - correct answerDivide his opponents, and
crush rebellions in the countryside and the cities
What did Mensheviks believe? - correct answerRussia was not ready for revolution
What did Nicholas do in 1907 regarding the Dumas? - correct answerChanged the rules so that his
opponents couldn't be elected onto it, showing how he didn't really want change
What did Nicholas do that caused strife between his ministers and departments? - correct answerHe
insisted on seeing ministers in one-to-one meetings
What did people in the cities have to deal with during the war? - correct answerOvercrowding, fuel and
food shortages
What did Stolypin's 'carrot and stick' approach include? - correct answerHe allowed kulaks to buy land
and create more efficient farms, whilst treating any strikers brutally, killing off opposition until after
1914. He also didn't improve living conditions, but production increased
What did the Cadets want? - correct answerDemocracy, like the system in Britain
What did the conscription of peasants mean for the aristocracy? - correct answerThey had less workers
for their estates
By WW1, Russia was the ..th largest producer of... - correct answer4, steel, coal and iron
How did Rasputin rise to power? - correct answerHe 'healed' the Tsar's son, and gave them advice on
how to run the country
How did Stolypin boost industry? - correct answerAgriculture reform reduced demand in countrysides,
so more people moved to cities
How did the Tsar respond to the 1905 Revolution? - correct answerOctober Manifesto
How long did the first Duma last before they were sent home? - correct answerLess than a year
How many extra jobs did war contracts make between 1914-16? - correct answer3.5 million
How many of the Tsar's subjects spoke Russian as a first language? - correct answer40%
How many peasants had been conscripted for the war? - correct answer13 million
How many protesters were there on Bloody Sunday? - correct answer200,000
How much did the Russian population increase by between 1860-97? - correct answer50%
How much land did the aristocracy own? - correct answer25%
Very early in the war, where did Russia experience defeats? - correct answerTannenburg and the
Masurian Lakes
, What caused the 1905 revolution? - correct answerDefeat in the Russo-Japanese war, economic
hardship, political opposition to the Tsar
What class emerged as a result of industrialisation under the Tsar? - correct answerCapitalists
What class of people led the Russian army? - correct answerAristocrats
What did Bolsheviks believe? - correct answerIt was their job to create a revolution and overthrow the
Tsar
What did issuing the October Manifesto allow the Tsar to do? - correct answerDivide his opponents, and
crush rebellions in the countryside and the cities
What did Mensheviks believe? - correct answerRussia was not ready for revolution
What did Nicholas do in 1907 regarding the Dumas? - correct answerChanged the rules so that his
opponents couldn't be elected onto it, showing how he didn't really want change
What did Nicholas do that caused strife between his ministers and departments? - correct answerHe
insisted on seeing ministers in one-to-one meetings
What did people in the cities have to deal with during the war? - correct answerOvercrowding, fuel and
food shortages
What did Stolypin's 'carrot and stick' approach include? - correct answerHe allowed kulaks to buy land
and create more efficient farms, whilst treating any strikers brutally, killing off opposition until after
1914. He also didn't improve living conditions, but production increased
What did the Cadets want? - correct answerDemocracy, like the system in Britain
What did the conscription of peasants mean for the aristocracy? - correct answerThey had less workers
for their estates
