Russia 1895-1917

Who became Tsar in 1894?

• Catherine the Great

• Peter the Great

• Nicholas I

• Nicholas II

Where was his wife from?

• Russia

• Germany

• Great Britain

• France

What was the term used to describe attacks on Jewish communities in the Russian Empire?

• pogrom

• holocaust

• kulak

• anti-semitism

Where did the Tsar usually live?

• The Kremlin in Moscow

• The Smolny Institute

• The Winter Palace in St. Petersburg

Who wrote the October Manifesto?

• Lenin

• Stolypin

• The Tsar

• Count Witte

What was the name of the Tsarist secret police?

• Cheka

• KGB

• Okhrana

• NKVD

What was the name of the priest who brought a petition to the Tsar in 1905?

• Rasputin

• Father Gapon

• The Pope

What was the term used to describe prosperous peasants?

• kolkhoz

• kulak

• serfs

• Stakhanovites

What year did the Tsar go to the front in World War 1?

• 1914

• 1915

• 1915

• 1916

How many Russian casualties had there been by 1917?

• 1 million

• 2 million

• 4 million

• 8 million