Mr. Duthie's History 12 - Unit One

Unit One > Chapter 7

Basic Knowledge Guide:

1. How much difference did the Tsar's assumption of the post of Commander-in-Chief make to the effectiveness of the Russian armies?

2. What was the political consequence of the Tsar's absence from St. Petersburg?

3. Who had undue influence over the Tsarina?

4. Why did prices go up in wartime Russia?

5. How were food supplies affected by the war?

6. What was the proletariat?

7. Why did the proletariat increase in size during the war?

8. What body began to openly criticize the Tsar during the war?

9. What was the last straw which provoked the rioting starting March 8th?

10. What body formed the Provisional Government and demanded the Tsar's abdication?

11. What other body immediately demanded a share of the power?

12. Which group of Marxists dominated this body (#11)?

13. How did this body (#11) weaken the control of the Provisional Government over the army?

14. Who returned to Russia from Switzerland in April 1917?

15. List the 3 parts of his "April Theses".

16. What happened in June which set back the cause of the Bolsheviks?

17. What happened in August which boosted the status of the Bolsheviks?

18. Who led the Red Guards in the November Revolution?

19. What 2 decrees did Lenin issue immediately after the November Revolution?

Revision activities:

John Clare's revision page on Russia 1917-1941. Has some good stuff on the Russian Revolution. http://www.johndclare.net/Russ1.htm

Books:

August 1914 by Alexander Solzhenitsyn. A historical novel based on the disastrous campaign waged by Russia in the early days of WWI.

Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert Massey. An excellent biography of the last Romanov tsar and his family.