Early decrees and execution of the tsar (Edexcel GCSE History): Quizzes
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What did the Decree on Peace specify about ending WWI?
What did the Decree on Peace specify about ending WWI?
No annexations or indemnities
Who received land under the Decree on Land issued in November 1917?
Who received land under the Decree on Land issued in November 1917?
Peasants
What maximum working day did the Decree on Work establish?
What maximum working day did the Decree on Work establish?
8 hours
What did the Decree on Workers' Control allow?
What did the Decree on Workers' Control allow?
Workers' committees to run factories
What percentage of votes did the Socialist Revolutionaries win in the Constituent Assembly election?
What percentage of votes did the Socialist Revolutionaries win in the Constituent Assembly election?
53%
When did the Constituent Assembly hold its first and only meeting?
When did the Constituent Assembly hold its first and only meeting?
5 January 1918
When was the Cheka established?
When was the Cheka established?
7 December 1917
What did the term 'burzhui' refer to?
What did the term 'burzhui' refer to?
Former middle/upper class citizens
When were Tsar Nicholas II and his family executed?
When were Tsar Nicholas II and his family executed?
17 July 1918
Where were the Tsar and his family held prisoner?
Where were the Tsar and his family held prisoner?
Yekaterinburg
How many people were executed with Tsar Nicholas II?
How many people were executed with Tsar Nicholas II?
10 (wife, 5 children, 4 servants)
What did the Decree on Nationalities grant?
What did the Decree on Nationalities grant?
Right to own governments under Bolshevik control