Causes of the Russian Revolution

What is meant by autocratic?

• Where one religious ruler has total power that isn't limited by a parliament of constitution

• Where one ruler has limited power as a result of a parliament or constitution

• Where one ruler has total power that isn't limited by a parliament of constitution

• Where one family has total power that isn't limited by another individual

What was the relationship between Alexander III and Nicholas II?

• Alexander III was Nicholas II father

• Alexander III was Nicholas II cousin

• Alexander III was Nicholas II ideological mentor

• Alexander III was Nicholas II brother

What was Tsarism?

• A form of autocracy whereby all laws came from the parliament

• A form of autocracy whereby Tsarina was viewed as God-like and all laws came from the Tsar

• A form of democracy whereby the Tsar was viewed as God-like and all laws came from the Tsar

• A form of autocracy whereby the Tsar was viewed as God-like and all laws came from the Tsar

What was the Winter Palace?

• Official residence of the head of the Orthodox Church

• Official residence of the Tsars in St Petersburg

• Official residence of the Tsars in Moscow

• Official residence of Rasputin

What is Marxism?

• A social, political, and economic philosophy named after Karl Marx.

  It examines the effect of communism and argues for a worker revolution to overturn communism in favor of capitalism.

• A social, political, and economic philosophy named after Karl Marx.

  It examines the effect of capitalism and argues for a worker revolution to overturn capitalism in favor of communism.

• A social philosophy named after Karl Marx.

  It examines the effect of Tsarism on labour

• A social, political, and economic philosophy named after Karl Marx.

  It examines the effect of autocracy and argues for a worker revolution to overturn communism in favor of liberalism.

What were the five (5) social classes in Russian society?

• 1. Ruling class

  2. Upper class

  3. Middle class

  4. Industrial class

  5. Farming class.

• 1. Ruling class

  2. Elite class

  3. Middle class

  4. Industrial class

  5. Peasant class.

• 1. Ruling class

  2. Upper class

  3. Middle class

  4. Military class

  5. Peasant class.

• 1. Ruling class

  2. Upper class

  3. Middle class

  4. Industrial class

  5. Peasant class.

Who was Sergei Witte?

• Tsar before Nicholas II

• Tsarist war minister who was considered the 'architect of Russian militarism'

• Tsarist finance minister who was considered the 'architect of Russian industrialisation'

• Tsarist finance minister who was considered the 'architect of Russian agriculture'

What were the four (4) pillars of Tsarism?

• 1. Government

  2. Bureaucracy

  3. Police

  4. Church

• 1. Tsar

  2. Bureaucracy

  3. Police

  4. Church

• 1. Government

  2. Bureaucracy

  3. Police

  4. Peasants

• 1. Government

  2. Bureaucracy

  3. Army

  4. Church

What was the final stage in Marx's 'Stages of History'?

• Socialism

• Slave society

• Capitalism

• Communist society - classless utopia

Who were the main revolutionary groups on the left?

• Bolsheviks

  Mensheviks

  Socialist Revolutionary Party (S.R)

• Bolsheviks

  Kadets

  Socialist Revolutionary Party (S.R)

• Octobrists

  Mensheviks

  Socialist Revolutionary Party (S.R)

• Kadets

  Octobrists