History
The Russian Revolution
रूसी क्रांति
In this Class 9 History topic from “Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution,” students learn how inequality, Tsarist autocracy, workers’ hardships and the First World War created unrest in Russia. The topic traces the 1905 Revolution, the February Revolution that ended the monarchy, and the October Revolution led by the Bolsheviks under Lenin. It also explains the ideas of socialism, the formation of a socialist state, and the revolution’s effects on Russia and the wider world.
Practice questions
Why did soldiers' mutiny prove decisive in the February Revolution?Between whom did dual power emerge in Russia after the February Revolution?What political mistake did the Provisional Government make by continuing the war?What was Lenin's war related proposal in the April Theses?What was Lenin's land related demand in the April Theses?The Bolshevik slogan all power to the Soviets was connected with which situation?What happened to the Bolsheviks after the July 1917 events?What opportunity did the Kornilov Affair create for the Bolsheviks?Before the October Revolution the Military Revolutionary Committee was connected with what?The Treaty of Brest Litovsk was linked with which promise of Bolshevik policy?Why did the Bolsheviks nationalise banks?The Bolshevik idea of workers' control over factories was linked with which goal?In the Russian Civil War the Red Army was connected with which political side?Who were generally included among the White armies?What was shown by the intervention of foreign powers in the Russian Civil War?In what situation was the policy of War Communism adopted?Why did grain requisition during the Civil War increase peasant discontent?The establishment of Cheka was linked with which need of Bolshevik rule?What political change is shown by control over opposition parties under Bolshevik rule?What attitude did the new government take toward old noble titles after the Russian Revolution?