Russian Revolution and Spanish Civil War

What are some of the failures of Tsar Nicholas II's government in directing the war effort?

• No efficient administration to ensure adequate weaponry.

• No efficient administration to ensure adequate transportation.

• No efficient administration to ensure adequate food

• No efficient administration to ensure adequate medical care.

Russian soldiers were terrible in WWI?

• True

• False

Russian generals were terrible during WWI?

• True

• False

What local organizations took responsibility for civilian well-being, joining other groups to take care of the wounded and maintain the home front more generally?

• zemstvos

• soviets

• mensheviks

• kulaks

Against the advice of his advisors who personally took over command of the Russian War effort?

• Tsar Nicholas II

• Tsar Nicholas I

• Tsar Alexander III

• Tsar Alexander II

Why is keeping track of the events of the Russian Revolution difficult?

• At the time the Russian Empire was still using the Julian (orthodox) calendar which was 13 days behind the instead of the Gregorian calendar which had been adopted in the West.

• The Russian names of the dates.

• Unlike the French Revolution the Russian Revolution had a liberal and radical phrase.

• Russian historians use a Cyrillic script which is difficult to translate compared to other Western languages that use a Latin script.

On Russian February 23, 1917 who began the protest of the mismanaged war effort that included soaring inflation, food scarcity, casualties in the millions, and an army often defeated and in retreat?

• Women, it was International Women’s Day.

• Soldiers, it was International Sailors Day

• Bolsheviks, it was International Workers Day.

• Cossacks, it was International Horse Day

Russian February 23, 1917 it was International Women’s Day. Working women took to the streets of Petrograd. What are two other names for Petrograd?

• St. Petersburg

• Leningrad

• Volgograd

• Stalingrad

This assembly of elected representatives was set up as a concession after the failed 1905 Russian Revolution by Nicolas II but they had little power.

• Duma

• Provisional Government

• Soviets

• Bolshevik society

What group first seized power following the abdication of the Czar?

• Provisional Government

• Duma

• Soviets

• Bolshevik society