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| Question | Answer |
| RUSSIA - TSAR How much of Russia were peasants pre-1905 | 80% |
| RUSSIA - TSAR What was the name of the party that split from the Bolsheviks | The Mensheviks |
| RUSSIA - TSAR What was the last straw which started the 1905 revolution | Bloody Sunday |
| RUSSIA - TSAR What cancelled the rights given to the populace of Russia by the October Manifesto | The Fundamental Laws |
| RUSSIA - TSAR Which cruel Prime Minister did the Tsar elect who was famous for his neck ties | Stolypin |
| RUSSIA - RASPUTIN Why was the Tsarina so accepting of Rasputin | He healed her son |
| RUSSIA - WW1 Why did many Russians die in the war | They were poorly equipped |
| RUSSIA - REVOLUTION 1 Why did they revolt? | They were tired of the war and the poor leader of the Tsar. They were also scared of the effect of rasputin |
| RUSSIA - REVOLUTION 1 Why did the regime collapse? | Failures in the war Mutiny in the army Rasputin Strikes Food Shortages There is even more! |
| RUSSIA - PROV GOV Why did the Provisional Government fall out of favour | They would not give land to the peasants They would not stop the war |
| RUSSIA - PROV GOV What was the significance of Kornilov's Revolution | It armed the Bolsheviks, allowing them to revolt |
| RUSSIA - REVOLUTION 2 What buildings did Trotsky take first | Train Stations, Bridges, post offices ETC... |
| RUSSIA - REVOLUTION 2 Which palace did the storm | The Winter Palace |
| RUSSIA - REVOLUTION 2 What did the Bolsheviks promise | Peace, land and bread |
| RUSSIA - CIVIL WAR Name all of the colours of the sides | Reds (Bolsheviks) Whites (Tsarists) Greens (Peasant Armies*) *Foughts against requisition parties |
| RUSSIA - CIVIL WAR What was War Communism | Lenin testing if Communism could work fully, in a war situation |
| RUSSIA - CIVIL WAR What was requisitioning | The forceful taking of grain etc... used by Reds AND Whites |
| RUSSIA - CIVIL WAR Why did the Reds win | Because the Whites were divided and therefore Trotsky could eliminate all of the opposition individually |
| RUSSIA - NEP What was the NEP and what did it stand for | The NEP (New Economic Policy) allowed the Russian citizens to trade etc..., essentially diluting communism with capitalism |
| RUSSIA - STALIN OR TROTSKY? Why did Trotsky not become the leader of Russia | He underestimated Stalin He did not make it to Lenin's funeral He wanted a world-wide revolution He was seen as a threat by Stalin, and therefore targeted |
| RUSSIA - MODERNISING THE USSR How many 5 year plans were there and what were they for? | 3 Industrial Agricultural Armaments |
| RUSSIA - MODERNISING THE USSR Were the 5 year plans a success? | They were a success because it modernised the USSR and allowed them to fight Hitler back |
| RUSSIA - COLLECTIVISATION Which group of people did Stalin discriminate against to make people want to join collective farms | The Kulaks |
| RUSSIA - THE PURGES Stalin purged his military and his people. One specific car turning up on your door told you that you were going to a work camp, what was the name of this car. | The GAZ-11-73 (Black Raven) Used by the Stazi to 'collect' 'criminals' |
| RUSSIA - STALIN Stalin had his own cult, what was this called? | The Cult Of Personality |
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