1905-1917 Flashcards
What are the two largest cities in Russia?
St Petersburg and Moscow
What is the name of the process of ensuring the population of Russia behave in a Russian manner?
Russification
What is the railway which allowed trade between the east and the west?
Trans-Siberian railway
Name 3 groups which opposed the Tsar
Liberals, social revolutionaries, social democrats party
What is the name of the Tsar’s secret police?
Okhrana
What were the two medium or long term causes of the 1905 revolution?
Economic problems, Russo-Japanese war
What was the “spark” for the 1905 revolution?
Bloody Sunday
What did the middle class people want?
Better political representation
What did the workers want?
Better working conditions
What did the tsar issue on 30th October 1905 under the advice of Sergei witte?
The October manifesto
What was the name of the parliament set up by the tsar?
Duma
Who was the longest serving prime minister of Russia from 1906-1911?
Pyotr stolyin
What was the name for the new, wealthier, land owning peasants?
Kulaks
Who was the Tsarina rumoured to be having an affair with?
Rasputin
What was St. Petersburg renamed to? Why?
Petrograd as it sounded more Russian
