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6. Who were 'The Black Hundreds?'

  • Groups of peasants in rebellion
  • Workers on strike
  • Pogroms of sponsored violence on Jews
  • Violent opposition to the autocratic regime

7. How many KM of railway did Russia have by 1905?

  • 15,000 km
  • 60,000 km
  • 10,000 km
  • 70,000 km

8. What impact did russification have on the orthodox church?

  • 36,000 lutherans converted to Orthodoxy
  • 37,000 lutherans converted to Orthodoxy
  • 39,000 lutherans converted to Orthodoxy
  • 38,000 lutherans converted to Orthodoxy

9. What was Vyshnegradsky's most famous phrase?

  • "All Russia needs is 30 years and myself"
  • "We shall not eat, we shall export"
  • "Grain is the most important part of Russia"
  • We shall eat, we shall not export"

10. How much had coal output risen by 1900?

  • 671 million (183 in 1890)
  • 675 million (184 in 1890)
  • 681 million (183 in 1890)
  • 700 million (200 in 1890)

11. What did Witte's 'Great Spurt' actually achieve?

  • Trans Siberian railway (7000 km by 1903)
  • Trans Siberian railway (7000 km by 1904)
  • Trans Siberian railway (7500 km by 1904)
  • Trans Siberian railway (8000 km by 1904)

12. Who were the Okhrana?

  • The law
  • Secret police whom 'atomised' society
  • A religious organisation mean to suppress the peasants
  • An organisation meant to encourage opposition to the regime

13. What % of Russia's total industrial output did lighter industries count for?

  • 40%
  • 35%
  • 45%
  • 50%

14. Why was Alexander III nicknames 'little Bulldog'?

  • Because he denounced the constitution and sacked all liberals
  • Because he personally beat up opposition party members himself
  • Because he owned a bulldog named Alexander
  • Because his wife controlled his decision making

15. What were the peasant's lives like at this point?

  • They hated the regime and were already forming opposition
  • Their lives had not changed since Alexander II
  • They were the dark masses controlled by the Orthodox church
  • They were still under the laws of pre-emancipation

16. How was russification imposed on education?

  • Schools because overcrowded, there was revolutionary talk
  • All subjects had to be taught in Russian (except Polish)
  • Workers and below were not allowed to attend
  • Subjects that did not follow the autocratic regime were not taught

17. What did Vyshnegradsky achieve?

  • loans, import tariff of 30%, indirect taxes, grain export 21%
  • loans, import tariff of 32%, indirect taxes, grain export 20%
  • loans, import tariff of 30%, indirect taxes, grain export 18%
  • loans, import tariff of 29%, indirect taxes, grain export 15%

18. How was opposition itself dealt with?

  • Students could not gather in groups more than 4
  • Students could not gather in groups more than 5, exile without trial
  • Exile without trial, massacres of random individuals
  • Everyone was a suspect

19. How did russification affect the finance industry?

  • Polish National bank closed in 1885
  • Lithuanian National bank closed in 1881
  • Lithuanian National bank closed in 1885
  • Polish National bank closed in 1889