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HISTORY AQA GCSE RUSSIA Questions and
Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
Who ruled Russia in 1914?
Ans: Tsar Nicholas II (of the Romanov Family)
What kind of government did Nicholas II run?
Ans: autocracy
Reasons for Nicholas II' unpopularity
Ans: felt he was appointed by God to rule, Russo-Japanese War, didn't delegate
tasks, appointed his friends and family to government,
What kind of employment did the majority of Russians have in 1914?
Ans: agriculture
What problems did peasants in Russia face?
Ans: didn't own their land, famine/ food shortages , low wages, disease, out of
date farming methods (strip farming)
What problems did workers in Russia face?
Ans: poor food quality, alcoholism, overcrowded living conditions (due to
population increase) , 12 - 15 hour working days, child labour, [trade unions
illegal]
When had there been an attempt to overthrow the government before 1914?
What was the main event of this attempt
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Ans: 1905, Bloody Sunday
Where did Bloody Sunday take place? What happened?
Ans: Outside of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg. Father Gapon organised a
march of about 200,000 workers to present a petition to the Tsar asking for help.
Tsarist troops opened fire, killing over 100 and injuring hundreds more. Protests
and strikes continued throughout 1905.
how many people died and were injured in bloody sunday?
Ans: approx. 200 died. a further 800 were injured.
Potemkin Mutiny
Ans: June, 1905, sailors on the Potemkin battleship, mutinied against the serving
of rotten meat, in support of the striking workers. The captain ordered that the
ringleaders to be shot. The firing-squad refused to carry out the order and joined
with the rest of the crew in throwing the officers overboard.
The October Manifesto
Ans: (1905), issued by Nich. II, attempted to quiet strikes, local revolts,
promised freedom of speech and assembly, called the Duma into session
Sergei Witte
Ans: russian minister of finance from 1892-1903; economic modernizer
responsible for high tariffs, improved banking system; encouraged western
investors to build factories in russia. founder of the Transiberian Railway.
What was the Dumas?
Ans: 'parliament'
© 2025/ 2026 | ® All rights reserved
HISTORY AQA GCSE RUSSIA Questions and
Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
Who ruled Russia in 1914?
Ans: Tsar Nicholas II (of the Romanov Family)
What kind of government did Nicholas II run?
Ans: autocracy
Reasons for Nicholas II' unpopularity
Ans: felt he was appointed by God to rule, Russo-Japanese War, didn't delegate
tasks, appointed his friends and family to government,
What kind of employment did the majority of Russians have in 1914?
Ans: agriculture
What problems did peasants in Russia face?
Ans: didn't own their land, famine/ food shortages , low wages, disease, out of
date farming methods (strip farming)
What problems did workers in Russia face?
Ans: poor food quality, alcoholism, overcrowded living conditions (due to
population increase) , 12 - 15 hour working days, child labour, [trade unions
illegal]
When had there been an attempt to overthrow the government before 1914?
What was the main event of this attempt
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Ans: 1905, Bloody Sunday
Where did Bloody Sunday take place? What happened?
Ans: Outside of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg. Father Gapon organised a
march of about 200,000 workers to present a petition to the Tsar asking for help.
Tsarist troops opened fire, killing over 100 and injuring hundreds more. Protests
and strikes continued throughout 1905.
how many people died and were injured in bloody sunday?
Ans: approx. 200 died. a further 800 were injured.
Potemkin Mutiny
Ans: June, 1905, sailors on the Potemkin battleship, mutinied against the serving
of rotten meat, in support of the striking workers. The captain ordered that the
ringleaders to be shot. The firing-squad refused to carry out the order and joined
with the rest of the crew in throwing the officers overboard.
The October Manifesto
Ans: (1905), issued by Nich. II, attempted to quiet strikes, local revolts,
promised freedom of speech and assembly, called the Duma into session
Sergei Witte
Ans: russian minister of finance from 1892-1903; economic modernizer
responsible for high tariffs, improved banking system; encouraged western
investors to build factories in russia. founder of the Transiberian Railway.
What was the Dumas?
Ans: 'parliament'
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