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WorksheetsRussia-Events of 1917
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
True or False: Socialist Revolutionary leaders like Lenin and Trotsky were directly involved in the Feb Revolution of 1917.
True
False
Identify mistakes made by Nicholas II which led to the Feb Revolution and his abdication (Select all correct answers).
Left Petrograd for the front line of WWI.
Left Alexandra and Rasputin in charge of Petrograd.
Ignored warnings from Ohkrana, Rodzianko, British Ambassador.
Agreed to constitutional monarchy and popular representation.
Inspired military confidence and patriotism.
Describe the The February Revolution (select all correct answers).
Violent
Peaceful
Spontaneous
Planned
Chaotic
Tsarism/Autocracy/ Absolute Monarchy was replaced in Feb 1917 by...
Dual Authority
Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Leninism
Constitutional Monarchy
Communism
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 was started by
members of political parties
members of the Socialist Revolutionary Party
workers in St. Petersburg
Lenin
The Petrograd Soviet comprised
workers
soldiers
workers and soldiers
the educated and prosperous middle class
The February Revolution led to the (there may be more than one correct answer)
formation of a Duma
abdication of the Tsar
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
What was the title of Lenin's publication produced when he first returned to Russia?
The October Manifesto
The July Proclamation
The Finland Station Statement
The April Thesis
Who led the military revolt against the Provisional Government in August 1917?
Larv Kornilov
Alexander Kerensky
Leon Trotsky
Joseph Stalin
Pick two of the Bolsheviks most famous slogans from the list below.
All power to the soviets.
Make Russia great again
Power to the people
Peace, Bread and Land
What was the group set up by Trotsky in the Petrograd Soviet to ensure that the Provisional Government could not overthow troops loyal to the Soviet
Constituent Assembly
Red Guard
Military Reaction Force
Military Revolutionary Committee
Which of the following was NOT a decision of Kerensky/the Provisional Government that seriously weakened their power by October 1917?
Cancelling the elections for the Constituent Assembly
Continuing to support the War efforts
Appointing Kornilov and then opposing his actions
Failing to enact land reform actions to distribute land to peasants
