1905 Part 2

Question 1

Potemkin Mutiny:

Answer 1

14 June 1905

Question 2

St Petersburg Soviets created:

Answer 2

17 October 1905

Question 3

Witte on 1905 revolution:

Answer 3

“The tragic aspect of the situation is that the Tsar is living in a fool’s paradise, thinking he is as strong and all-powerful as before”

Question 4

Marie Romanov on the 1905 Revolution:

Answer 4

“The only man who can help you now and be useful is Witte”

Question 5

Nicholas II signs the October Manifesto :

Answer 5

October 17 1905

Question 6

Trotsky on October Manifesto:

Answer 6

“We have been given a constitution, but absolutism remains.. all is given but nothing is given”

Question 7

CPSU on Manifesto:

Answer 7

“A fraud on the people, a trick of the Tsar to gain some sort of respite in which to lull the credulous and to win time to rally his forces and then strike at the revolution.”

Question 8

Trotsky on 1905 revolution:

Answer 8

“Although with a few broken ribs, Tsarist came out of the experience of 1905 alive and strong enough”

Question 9

Service on the 1905 Revolution:

Answer 9

“the monarchy’s fate hung by a thread”

Question 10

Figes:

Answer 10

“Although the regime succeeded in restoring order, it could not hope to put the clock back. 1905 had changed society for good. Many of the younger comrades of 1905 were the elders of 1917. They were inspired by its memory and instructed by its lessons.”