Russia 1917

What political party typically represented the peasantry?

• Mensheviks

• Bolsheviks

• SR's

• Kadets

What term is given to the constant removal of government ministers by the Tsarina Alexandra?

• Routine sackings

• Turnover

• Ministerial Removal

• Ministerial Leapfrog

What event marked the 23rd of February 1917?

• The abdication of the Tsar

• International Women's Day

• The mutiny of the Petrograd Garrison

• The end of WWI

What is the name of the area of Petrograd that had many factories?

• Vyborg District

• Vyshinsky

• Putilov

• Moscow

Bolshevik leaders planned and led the February Revolution.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Orland Figes argued that " The mutiny of the ..... turned the disorders of the last four days into full scale revolution". Who was he referring to?

• Pskov Garrison

• The Pavlovsky Regiment

• The Petrograd Garrison

• The Cossack soldiers

Who's memoirs overstated the importance of the Bolsheviks in February?

• Lenin's

• Shyliapnikov

• Orlando Figes

• Nicholas II

Who was a figure in the Provisional Government and the Soviet?

• Prince Lvov

• Lenin

• Milyukov

• Alexander Kerensky

According to Order no 1, whose orders did the soldiers have to follow?

• Their officers

• The Provisional Government

• The Provisional Government if the Soviet approved

• The Tsar

What building did the Petrograd Soviet and the Provisional Government reside in?

• Winter Palace

• Tauride Palace

• Yusupov Palace

• The Summer Palace