Russia in WWI and the Russian Revolutions

In WWI, Russia was a part of the

• Central Powers.

• Allies.

Russia's allies in WWI were

• Great Britain, France and Serbia.

• Serbia and Germany.

• Germany and Austria-Hungary.

Russia's success in WWI was

• excellent.

• moderate ( = not good or bad).

• terrible.

Russia was involved in the fighting on the

• Western Front.

• Eastern Front.

During WWI, Russia was led by

• King Nicholas II.

• Tsar Nicholas II.

• Tsar Nicholas I.

• Tsar Alexander II.

Tsar Nicholas II was very unpopular in Russia. Choose the reasons for his unpopularity.

• The Tsar was an excellent military leader.

• Russians were poor and many were starving.

• Russia did horribly in wars, for example, against Japan in 1904-05.

• Russia suffered massive numbers of casualties in WWI.

• Russians were suspicious of the influence of Rasputin.

The Tsar was overthrown in 1917. This is known as the

• March Revolution.

• November Revolution.

In the March Revolution of 1917, the Tsar was replaced by

• the Bolsheviks.

• the Provisional Government.

True or false? The Provisional Government stayed in power only for approx. 8 months.

• True

• False

In Russia, communists were called

• liberals.

• Bolsheviks.

• conservatives.