February-Civil War

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Which battle did the Germans win Sept 1914
Battle of Tannenburg, Hinderburg defeated Rennenkampf and Samsonov
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How many troops were killed in this battle?
30,000
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After a seige lasting nearly four months, the russians..
captured the town of przemysl and 110,000 prisoners
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Russians were again defeated at the battle of?
Battle of Lodz Dec 1914
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What year did the tsar join the army?
1915
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What was the last russian offensive called?
Brusilov Offensive
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how many russian soldiers died in WW1?
1.6 million
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what percentage of the population were mobilised>
9%
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What was the level of inflation?
200%
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How many wagons of food did moscow recieve?
only 300 wagons compared to pre-war 2200
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how many duma deputies formed themselves into a progressive bloc?
236 out of 422 deputies
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what did it mainly comprise of?
Kadets, Octoberists and Progressivists
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which factory was there a major strike?
Putilov steel workers where 100,000 striked
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How many strikers were there by 25th Feb?
200,000
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what did Order Number 1 mean?
PS demanded that all of the army consisted of PS
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What date was the tsar's train intercepted?
2nd March and tsar persuaded to abdicate
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Who was announced as Prime Minister of the PG?
Prince Lvov
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what links were there between the PG and PS?
keresnky and 6 members of the PS included in the PG
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who was the PS dominated by?
left-wing groups- SR's and SD's
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By October 1917, the dominant party in the PS was?
Bolsheviks overtaking the Mensheviks
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what was the biggest problem facing the provisional government?
WAR-
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which foreign powers loaned money to russia?
Britain and France in return that they continue fighting
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Who in the PG felt Russia should stay in war?
Milyukov
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what were the peasants doing in the countryside?
revolution in the countryside, 700 complaints and PG lacked authority to impose
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what did Lenin condemn?
In his april theses criticised accomodationism
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What were his slogans?
peace, bread, land and all power to the soviets
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what was the major set-back for the bolsheviks?
The July Days (July 1917), this united the PG against the bolsheviks
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what brought about a fatal blow of the PG?
Kornilov Affair 1917
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who controlled the MRC?
Trotsky
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why was Lenin urgent to quickly take power in Oct 1917
Meeting of the All-Russian Congress and Nov election for constituent assembly
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why was elections a threat?
it was impossible to predict bolshevik success
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how did the bolsheviks undermine kerenskys pre-parliament?
they attended but boldly walked out
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what was the -all-russian congress of soviets made up of'?
390 bolsheviks, 80 mensheviks and 180 SR's
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elections of the constituent assembly took place on
12 november
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what were the results
bolsheviks only had 1/4 of russian electorate, only 24% of vote
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decree on land
confiscated private land and placed it into the hands of peasants
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peace decree
steps to end war with germany and A.H
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decree on the new government
set up the sovnarkom
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decree on workers control
accepted worker takeover but demanded order and dicipline
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the vesenkha was set up
this presided over russian economy
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how did lenin dissolve the constituent assembly?
ruthlessly dissolved with red guards after one day
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what year was the treaty of brest-litovsk?
1918
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what were the policies of the treaty
1/3 russia to germany, lost 45 million russians, russia pay 3 billion roubles in reperations
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what majority did lenin get?
a majority of one in the central committee debate
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