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Short quiz testing you on the Tsarist rule, the 1905 revolution, WWI in Russia and the opposition groups to the Tsar

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  • Created by: Tiula
  • Created on: 18-04-10 11:17
Who was ruling Russia in 1905?
Tzar Nicholas II
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Who were the Okhrana?
The secret police
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In 1904 who did Russia fight?
Japan
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What was Bloody Sunday?
A petition brought to the Tzar that became a blood-bath
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Why was the Tzar's original suggestion of a Duma (parliament) rejected?
The franchise was limited
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When was the October Manifesto published?
30th October 1905
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What was a problem with the Duma?
The Tzar could abolish it
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What was not stated in the October Manifesto?
Freedom to strike
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Who became Prime Minister in 1906?
Stolypin
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Why was the Tzarina suspected a traitor when war broke out?
She was German
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What was the problem with messages going by radio?
Germans could intercept them
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In what year did the Tzar appoint himself Commander in Chief?
1915
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Where does the word for Tzar come from?
Caesar
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Comments

TylerLeech

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Hey thanks for this it was really helpfull :)

Sam Steele

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The tzar did use exiling. he exiled lenin multiple times. He got his name from being exiled and the river he was exiled to.

Roz

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Sam Steele is right, the tsar did exile opposition, just not as much or as successfully as the communists.

Sarah O'Gorman

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I thought Bloody Sunday sparked the 1905 Revolution because troops fired on a peaceful demonstration led by Father Gapon resulting in 1000 deaths and injured civilans? But when I marked the Father Gapon answer it said it was wrong... 

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