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The Russian Revolution Quiz
Ten questions on 1917, the year Russia went from a tsar to Lenin's Bolsheviks in eight months. Several questions check famous stories against what actually happened.
- 10 questions
- About 3 minutes
- Medium
- Includes a photo
About this quiz
Russia had two revolutions in 1917. The first, in February, brought down the tsar. The second, in October, brought Lenin's Bolsheviks to power. In between, a provisional government tried to rule a country exhausted by World War I.
The quiz covers the people and events of that year and the civil war that followed: the fall of the monarchy, the Bolsheviks, the leaders who lost out and the world's reaction. It starts easy, and several questions test popular images of the revolution against the record.
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Bolsheviks
The Bolsheviks were the faction of Russian Marxists led by Lenin who seized power in the October Revolution of 1917.
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Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin was the Russian revolutionary who led the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917 and founded the Soviet state.
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Nicholas II
Nicholas II was the last emperor of Russia, ruling from 1894 until the 1917 revolution ended 304 years of Romanov rule.
