The February Revolution, 1917

Identify the reasons for the unpopularity of the monarchy in 1917

• inflation

• scarcity of food

• low morales due to defeats in the war

• all of the above

The February Revolution began with a lockout and it was initiated by

• workers

• soldiers

• peasants

• cossacks

International Women’s Day is celebrated on

• February 8th

• March 8th

• April 8th

• June 8th

The February Revolution was started by

• members of political parties

• members of the Socialist Revolutionary Party

• workers in St. Petersburg

• Lenin

The members of political parties joined the revolution

• on 22nd February,right at the beginning

• on 2nd March,when the king abdicated

• after 25th February, when the government abolished the Duma

• after 27th February when they began to protest violently

The Petrograd Soviet comprised

• workers

• soldiers

• workers and soldiers

• the educated and prosperous middle class

The February Revolution led to the

• formation of a Duma

• abdication of the czar

• formation of the Petrograd Soviet

• formation of a provisional government

The new government that was formed after the February Revolution promised

• to withdraw from the First World War

• form a constituent assembly

• hold elections

• introduce universal adult suffrage

The city that ended the Czarist regime was

• Neva

• Stalingrad

• Moscow

• Petrograd

identify the commodity that led to the revolutions in France and Russia

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