February Revolution

When did Tsar abdicate?​

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• 3 March​

• 5 March

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  2 March​

• 4 March​

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Lenin argued to rename Bolshevik party as :- 

•  Radical party 

• Communist party 

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  Liberal party ​

• Conservative party ​

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Describe how Petrograd led the February Revolution of 1917 that brought down the monarchy in Russia.

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Who was Lenin? What do you know about his ‘April Theses’? Why were some people in the Bolshevik Party initially surprised by it?

What were the demands made by the workers in St. Petersburg who went on a strike?

• Reduction of working time to eight hours

• Increase in wages

• Improvement in working conditions

• All the above

On 27th February 1917, soldiers and striking workers gathered to form a council called

• Soviet Council

• Petrograd Soviet

• Moscow Union

• Russian Council

Look at the picture given below and write a few lines about him.

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When Lenin persuaded the Petrograd Soviet and Bolshevik Party to agree to a socialist seizure of power?

• 17th October 1917

• 16th October 1905

• 13 October 1905

• 16th October 1917

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What happen on 24 October 1917?

• Prime Minister Kerenskii left the city to summon troops.

• Pro-government troops were sent to take over telephone and telegraph offices and protect the Winter Palace.

• The government imposed a curfew.

• Railway lines began to break down.