What did Lenin believe regarding how to organise revolution?
It would happen on its own when the proletariat or working class were ready to take power
It should be engineered immediately
It needed to wait until the peasants were educated
Who was placed in control of the government while Nicholas II was at the "front"?
The Tsarina
Rasputin
Prime Minister Stolypin
What groups formed the Progressive Bloc in 1915?
Kadets and Octoberists
Mensheviks and Bolsheviks
Social Revolutionaries and Peoples Will
How many Prime Ministers did the Tsarina appoint after 1915?
Three
Four
Five
What was the effect of “Ministerial Leapfrog” on Russia?
The people were encouraged to support the war effort
The work of the government ground to a halt
The work of the government was improved
At which two battles were the Russian army defeated in 1914?
Tannenburg and the Masurian Lakes
Brusilov offensive and Kursk
Petrograd and STAVKA
Which individual was murdered at the end of 1916?
Sukhomlinov
The “German Princess”
Why did Nicholas II's train stop in Pakov on its return to Petrograd?
This was where the Tsarina was staying for safety during the revolution
Revolutionaries stopped it there
He needed to check on troop movements there
Which of these was a reason for the failure of the Provisional Government?
It lacked authority as it was a temporary government
It lost the support of the Tsar
It wanted to make peace with Germany
Which group issued Order Number One?
The Provisional Government
STAVKA
The Petrograd Soviet