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HISTORY AQA GCSE RUSSIA
Questions with Detailed Verified
Answers
Question: Who ruled Russia in 1914?
Answer: Tsar Nicholas II (of the Romanov Family)
Question:What kind of government did Nicholas II run?
Answer: autocracy
Question:Reasons for Nicholas II' unpopularity
Answer: felt he was appointed by God to rule, Russo-Japanese War, didn't
delegate tasks, appointed his friends and family to government,
Question:What kind of employment did the majority of Russians have in
1914?
Answer: agriculture
Question:What problems did peasants in Russia face?
Answer: didn't own their land, famine/ food shortages , low wages, disease,
out of date farming methods (strip farming)
Question:What problems did workers in Russia face?
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Answer: poor food quality, alcoholism, overcrowded living conditions (due to
population increase) , 12 - 15 hour working days, child labour, [trade unions
illegal]
Question:When had there been an attempt to overthrow the government
before 1914? What was the main event of this attempt
Answer: 1905, Bloody Sunday
Question:Where did Bloody Sunday take place? What happened?
Answer: Outside of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg. Father Gapon
organised a march of about 200,000 workers to present a petition to the Tsar
asking for help. Tsarist troops opened fire, killing over 100 and injuring
hundreds more. Protests and strikes continued throughout 1905.
Question:how many people died and were injured in bloody sunday?
Answer: approx. 200 died. a further 800 were injured.
Question:Potemkin Mutiny
Answer: June, 1905, sailors on the Potemkin battleship, mutinied against the
serving of rotten meat, in support of the striking workers. The captain ordered
that the ringleaders to be shot. The firing-squad refused to carry out the order
and joined with the rest of the crew in throwing the officers overboard.
Question:The October Manifesto
Answer: (1905), issued by Nich. II, attempted to quiet strikes, local revolts,
promised freedom of speech and assembly, called the Duma into session
HISTORY AQA GCSE RUSSIA
Questions with Detailed Verified
Answers
Question: Who ruled Russia in 1914?
Answer: Tsar Nicholas II (of the Romanov Family)
Question:What kind of government did Nicholas II run?
Answer: autocracy
Question:Reasons for Nicholas II' unpopularity
Answer: felt he was appointed by God to rule, Russo-Japanese War, didn't
delegate tasks, appointed his friends and family to government,
Question:What kind of employment did the majority of Russians have in
1914?
Answer: agriculture
Question:What problems did peasants in Russia face?
Answer: didn't own their land, famine/ food shortages , low wages, disease,
out of date farming methods (strip farming)
Question:What problems did workers in Russia face?
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Answer: poor food quality, alcoholism, overcrowded living conditions (due to
population increase) , 12 - 15 hour working days, child labour, [trade unions
illegal]
Question:When had there been an attempt to overthrow the government
before 1914? What was the main event of this attempt
Answer: 1905, Bloody Sunday
Question:Where did Bloody Sunday take place? What happened?
Answer: Outside of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg. Father Gapon
organised a march of about 200,000 workers to present a petition to the Tsar
asking for help. Tsarist troops opened fire, killing over 100 and injuring
hundreds more. Protests and strikes continued throughout 1905.
Question:how many people died and were injured in bloody sunday?
Answer: approx. 200 died. a further 800 were injured.
Question:Potemkin Mutiny
Answer: June, 1905, sailors on the Potemkin battleship, mutinied against the
serving of rotten meat, in support of the striking workers. The captain ordered
that the ringleaders to be shot. The firing-squad refused to carry out the order
and joined with the rest of the crew in throwing the officers overboard.
Question:The October Manifesto
Answer: (1905), issued by Nich. II, attempted to quiet strikes, local revolts,
promised freedom of speech and assembly, called the Duma into session
