10 Marker - 1905 Revolution Flashcards
What are the main Factors (groups) of the 1905 revolution
- alienated intelligentsia
- revolutionaries
- national minorities
- peasants
- workers
what are the main factors (problems) of the 1905 revolution
- Tsarist regime
- Wittes economic policy
what are the catalyst events of the revolution
- Russo - Japanese war
- Bloody Sunday
When did the Russo-Japanese war start
- 1904
what were the main reasons for the Russo Japanese war of 1904
- Russian expansion into China - Manchuria (400,000 Sqr Miles 1858-60)
- curb British expansion - allied to Japan
- wanted warm water port (Arthur) - better than Vladivostok
- wanted to expand into Korea - Japanese wanted
Why did Russia want to go to war
- economic and political interests
- Gentry believed it would have tided over the revolution back home
Why did Japan want to go to war
wanted to succeed in gaining its territorial gains in China and Korea - excluded from China - economic / strategic move
Main battles of RJW
- Mukden Feb 1905 = Russian Defeat
- Tsushima May 1905 = whole Russian fleet destroyed
who won the RJW
Japan
Where was the RJW treaty signed
Treaty of Portsmouth US - 1905
What was the outcome of the treaty P
- Japan get Port Arthur / southern Manchuria
- Korea recognised to be within Japanese influence
What was the Significance of the Russo - Japanese war
- first time east defeated west
- humiliating
- spent loads of fuel - food and resources on a failed venture
- huge upsurge of discontent in the Empire
What impact did the RJW have on Russia
- divided Nicholas from his people - didn’t divert from revolution
- ST. p 7,500 MILES FROM WAR ZONE
- SRs committed acts of terror - SDs triggered strikes - 28th June 1904 - Plehve assassinated - Minister for the interior
who replaced Plehve when he was assassinated
Mirsky
what mistake did Mirsky make
promised reform - people expect it - Gov not willing to give it.