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Russia 1894-1941

Question 1 of 26

1

What was The Russo-Japanese War a fight over?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Port Arthur

  • The Balkans

Explanation

Question 2 of 26

1

Nicholas thought he had been chosen by God to be Tsar of Russia

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 3 of 26

1

The Tsar referred to the opposition parties as fringe group extremists

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 4 of 26

1

A result of the 1905 Revolution was the creation of the St Petersberg Soviet. Who was this led by?

Select one of the following:

  • Lenin

  • Tomsky

  • Trotsky

  • Stalin

Explanation

Question 5 of 26

1

The first 3 Dumas were unsuccessful due to the large amounts of opposition, such as Left SRs.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 6 of 26

1

Stolypin's main aims were to:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Improve the railway system

  • De-revolutionising the peasantry

  • Get rid of the strip system of farming

Explanation

Question 7 of 26

1

Bloody Sunday was a purposely violent attack against the Tsar

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 8 of 26

1

What were the main long term reasons for World War 1?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Russo-Japanese War

  • Balkan Wars

  • The assassination of Franz Ferdinand

  • Due to alliances with other countries

  • Growth of Germany

Explanation

Question 9 of 26

1

Rasputin was killed by a member of the peasantry

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 10 of 26

1

The February Revolution involved which of the following

Select one or more of the following:

  • Began by revolutionaries

  • Strikes in factories and on International Women's day

  • Created the Petrograd Soviet and the Provisional Committee

  • Nicholas abdicated

Explanation

Question 11 of 26

1

The October Revolution caused power to fall into the Bolsheviks hands

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 12 of 26

1

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was

Select one of the following:

  • A treaty to end the war

  • A treaty to give the workers 8 hour days and men and women equal rights

  • A treaty to make sure Nicholas could never return to Russia

Explanation

Question 13 of 26

1

The Civil War was the reds against the whites and the purples

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 14 of 26

1

Who won the Civil War?

Select one of the following:

  • The Reds

  • The Whites

Explanation

Question 15 of 26

1

What was involved in Lenin's Revolution?

Select one or more of the following:

  • The Red Terror

  • The NEP

  • The Imprisonment of the Romanovs

  • War Communism

Explanation

Question 16 of 26

1

The Kronstadt Rising was because of the opposition to the NEP

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 17 of 26

1

People didn't like Trotsky because he was

Select one or more of the following:

  • A Meshevik

  • A Man

  • A Jew

  • A Christian

Explanation

Question 18 of 26

1

Stalin built up his power base because he took a lot of jobs nobody wanted in the party

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 19 of 26

1

The Second 5 Year Plan was interrupted because Hitler invaded Germany

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 20 of 26

1

What were Stalin's main economic aims?

Select one or more of the following:

  • To increase the strip system of farming

  • To be self sufficient

  • To prove himself

Explanation

Question 21 of 26

1

Members of the party such as Tomsky, Bukharin and Rykov were executed and 'confessed' they were guilty

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 22 of 26

1

Why did Stalin use terror?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Show his own power

  • Paranoia

  • Have a better reputation than Lenin

Explanation

Question 23 of 26

1

Stalin thought culture was important

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 24 of 26

1

The Great Retreat included:

Select one or more of the following:

  • To make abortion easier

  • To make homosexuality illegal

  • To give cash payments to those with 3 or more children

Explanation

Question 25 of 26

1

Stalin's cult of personality involved him dominating every aspect of Soviet Life

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 26 of 26

1

How were youth's indoctrinated by Stalinism?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Youth Movements

  • Education

  • Their parents

Explanation

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