WorksheetsThe February Revolution
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 4mins
How many workers went on strike on 9 January 1917 to commemorate Bloody Sunday?
50,000
100,000
150,000
750,000
True or false: The winter of 1916-17 was milder than normal
True
False
What happened on 21 February that help spark the February Revolution?
Assassination of Prime Minister Pyotr Solypin
Abdication of Tsar Nicholas II
Putilov Steel workers were locked out due to food and fuel shortages and then went on strike
All of the above
What were the main demands of the International Women's Day marchers on 23 February 1917?
That the Duma be sacked
Bread, equality and an end to the war
That the Tsar abdicate
All of the above
By 25 February 1917, how many workers were on strike in Petrograd?
100,000
150,000
200,000
300,000
Which event on 26 February did Trotsky later claim was the pivotal turning point for ending tsarism?
Fraternisation between protesters and the soldiers sent to disperse them
The formation of the Provisional Government
None of the above
All of the above
When was the Petrograd Soviet of workers, soldiers and sailors reestablished?
21 February 1917
28 February 1917
It was established at the outbreak of the Great War but was underground until the outbreak of the February Revolution
It was not established until after the October Revolution
When did the Petrograd army garrison mutiny?
Never.
At the outbreak of the Great War
26 October 1917
27 February 1917
On 26 February 1917, the Tsar dissolved the Duma. What was the Duma's response?
It obeyed him and dissolved
It obeyed him, dissolved, and offered themselves up for imprisonment for treason
It disobeyed him and 12 members formed a Provisional Committee that would later become the Provisional Government
None of the above
What was 'Soviet Order No.1'?
That workers, soldiers and sailors not overthrow the tsar
That no order given by the new Provisional Government to the military be obeyed without having been first approved by the Petrograd Soviet
Both of the above.
None of the above.
What happened on 2 March 1917?
The tsar returned to Petrograd
The tsar oversaw a battle on the eastern front.
The tsar officially recognised the Provisional Government as the legitimate government of the Russian Empire.
Tsar Nicholas II abdicated the throne to his brother, Grand Duke Mikhail, who refused to accept it, thus ending tsarism in Russia.
