The Eastern Front and the Russian Revolution, 1917
The Eastern Front and the Russian Revolution, 1917
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Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will look at the fighting that took place on the Eastern Front during the First World War before examining the reasons for and impact of the Russian Revolution on the Great War.
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5 Questions
Q1.
What are the names given to the two main fighting areas in Europe during WWI?
The Eastern Front and the Southern Front
The Northern Front and the Southern Front
The Northern Front and the Western Front
Q2.
Who was the leader of Russia in 1917?
Parliamentarian
The Premier
The President
Q3.
In 1917 Russia had a revolution. As a result Russia became the world's first...
Authoritarian country
Democratic country
Fascist country
Q4.
The Communist leaders signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in 1918. What did Russia agree to about its involvement in WWI?
Russia agreed to swap sides and fight alongside the Germans.
Russia promised to keep fighting the Allies against the Germans until the end of the war.
Russia stopped fighting but continued to give resources to the Allies.
Q5.
As a result of the Russian withdrawal from WWI....
all the countries involved agreed to bring the war to an end.
Germany became a Communist country too.
the Allies surrendered as they couldn't fight without Russian resources.