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6. What did Georgi Gapon form in 1903?

  • Assembly of Soviet Workers
  • Assembly of Russian Workers
  • Organisation of Russian Workers
  • Assembly of Russian Peasants

7. How many members were in Gapon's organisation within a year? (1903-1904)

  • 9m
  • 9,000
  • 11,000
  • 11m

8. Which of the following were ALL Social Reformers?

  • Union of Liberation, Octoberists, Kadets
  • The Octoberists, Kadets, SRs
  • Union of Liberation, Populists/Narodniks, SRs
  • SRs, SDs and Populists/Narodniks

9. What was Nicholas' title in the war?

  • Commander in Chief
  • Acting General
  • Supreme Emperor
  • Hero of Russia

10. What did Japan take in the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-05

  • Town of Mukden, Port Arthur and Korea
  • Tsukishima
  • Moscow, Tsaritsyn
  • Tambov regions and Kronstadt naval base

11. What was the name of the law which effectively reversed the October Manifesto?

  • Absolute Law 1905
  • Fundamental Laws 1905
  • Fundamental Laws 1906
  • Confidential Stance 1906

12. How much food did Moscow receive during the war?

  • 22,000 wagons
  • a third of pre-war levels
  • 2,200 wagons
  • a quarter of pre-war levels

13. How many shells were the Russian army firing at start of WW1?

  • More in a single day than could be produced in a month
  • just over 500
  • More in a single day than could be produced in a year
  • More in a single week than could be produced in a month

14. What were desertion rates in the army in WW1?

  • 55%
  • 25%
  • 45%
  • 10%

15. How much change occurred in government during the war?

  • Between 1915 and 1916, 4 prime ministers and ministers of war
  • Between 1915 and 1916, 4 prime ministers and foreign secretaries
  • Between 1916 and 1917, 4 prime ministers and ministers of war
  • Between 1915 and 1916, 3 prime ministers and 5ministers of war

16. Which of the following battles link with their failure?

  • Battle of the Masurian Lake - no resources
  • Battle of the Masurian Lake - poor strategy
  • none
  • Battle of Tannenburg - bad stategy

17. What was the Progressive Bloc?

  • 126 of 422 Duma leaders that replaced the Tsar
  • 236 of 422 Duma deputies that praiseTsar
  • 236 of 422 Duma deputies that criticise Tsar
  • 126 of 422 Duma leaders that criticise Tsar

18. What was Tsarina Alexandrina's nationality

  • Russian
  • British
  • German
  • French

19. What was the name of the Bolshevik's newspaper?

  • Truth Agency
  • Pravda
  • Vyperod
  • Moskva

20. How much did the price of boots change between 1914 and 1916?

  • 5/6 roubles to 20/30 roubles
  • They didn't change
  • 10 roubles to 20/30 roubles
  • 5/6 roubles to 9/10 roubles