Questions
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What was increased on consumer goods to make it more expensive for peasants to buy the goods they needed?
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Tax
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When did the government stop exporting grain that was another cause of the famine as the peasants were unable to eat the grain themselves as the nation had exported much of it?
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August 1891
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What was the heir to the throne, Nicholas, put in charge of?
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The Special Committee on Famine Relief
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What organisation led the way in helping to relieve the famine?
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The Zemstva
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How many people died as a result of the famine?
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350,000
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How many provinces of Russia (out of 39) were hit by the famine?
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17
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What growing class resented a lack of participation in government, censorship and harsh laws, and was key in developing the Reformist/Liberal opposition group?
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The Middle Class
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How many members of People's Will were executed after Alexander II's assassination?
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150
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When did Lenin's brother try to assassinate Alexander III, but failed and was hanged?
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1887
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What grew out of the populist movement and acted as a terrorist and propaganda group in opposition to the Tsar?
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Socialist Revolutionaries
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When did this group form a political party?
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1902
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Who did the combat group of this opposition force assassinate in 1904?
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The Minister of the Interior
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Which German economist influenced much of the revolutionary activity within Russia?
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Karl Marx
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What was formed in 1898 as an official organisation of Russian Marxists?
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Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
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Two groups split from this organisation in 1903. One group was the Bolsheviks who practiced democratic centralism and advocated for a revolution led by a dedicated party leadership. What was the other group who believed that the time for revolution was a long way off and were more internally democratic?
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Mensheviks
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What was passed in 1891 which granted 40 acres of land to Russian peasant settlers in the Central Asian region, which was enough to establish a successful farm?
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The Steppe Statute
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When was the Trans-Siberian railway completed?
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1903
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What town was established in 1860 that became the main naval base of Russia's pacific fleet?
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Vladivostock
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What were the Russians allowed to build after they signed a treaty with the Chinese after the Chinese were invaded by the Japanese in 1894?
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Chinese-Eastern Railway
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What was given to Russia in 1897 that was an ice free trading port and an extra naval base?
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Port Arthur
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When did the Russo-Japanese war begin after the Japanese torpedoed Russian ships in Port Arthur?
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1904
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Russia lost Port Arthur in 1905, lost the battle of Mukden in 1905 and lost what battle in the same year?
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The Battle of the Tsushima Straits
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How many Russians died? Consider that only 75,000 died.
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120,000
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How many months did it take for Russia's Baltic Fleet to arrive in East Asia?
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8
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What treaty signed in 1905 and ending the war led to the loss of Manchuria, Korea and Port Arthur to the Japanese?
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Treaty of Portsmouth
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