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Example Questions
Example Question #4 : Russia In World War I
Kulaks were __________.
wealthy Russian peasants
members of the Red Army
rebels
supported by Stalin
exiled to Russia
wealthy Russian peasants
Kulaks were wealthy Russian peasants who emerged as significant landowners in the first decade of the twentieth century. They were branded as enemies of the state and of the communist ideal by Lenin and Stalin and persecuted in the years following the First World War.
Example Question #1 : Russia In World War I
Russia’s involvement in World War One ended with __________.
complete capitulation to the Germans
the death of Josef Stalin
the Russian Revolution
the rise of the tsarist monarchy
the forces of the Red Army reaching Berlin
the Russian Revolution
During World War One the Russians, like many European nations, suffered catastrophic and unprecedented losses of military personnel. Millions of Russians died on the frontline and millions more starved in the interior of the country itself. This provided the impetus for the Russian Revolution when the tsarist monarchy was overthrown and replaced with Communism led by the Bolsheviks and Vladimir Lenin. Lenin withdrew Russia from the First World War.
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