1905 - Plan Flashcards

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Background 1

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  • 6% land farmable
  • Serfs emancipated in 1861
  • Still in abject poverty due to redemption payments
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Background 2

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  • Autocracy
  • Seen as outdated by upper/middle classes in comparison to other 20th century countries
  • Upper/middle classes wanted a voice
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Factors

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  • Workers
  • Peasants
  • Political Opposition
  • Russo-Japanese War
  • Bloody Sunday
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Chosen Factors

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  • Peasants
  • Workers
  • Bloody Sunday
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P - K1

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  • Land shortages meant peasants were unable to feed themselves + their families
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P - K2

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  • Famines caused many peasants to die
  • Deaths due to high levels to poverty in rural areas
  • 1891 where 400,000 died
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P - A1

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  • Turned people against Tsar due to lack of food + poor living conditions
  • Unrest + discontent meant that revolt was more likely
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P - A2

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  • High level of death shocked country, not just those in rural areas
  • Some famines reported on which spread discontent
  • Tsar seen as incompetent so revolt more likely
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P - A+

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  • Most peasants still followed the church which preached obedience
  • Less likely to turn against Tsar + revolt
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P - E

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  • Bloody Sunday had more impact on unrest
  • 800,000 people protesting Bloody Sunday 1 month after, with around 1/2 in St Petersburg
  • Strikes in Kursk, Feb 1905, ended around harvest time
  • Strikes concentrated in urban areas
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W - K1

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  • Appalling living conditions
  • Caused by rapid industrialisation
  • Housing thrown up + densely packed
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W - K2

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  • Rent + food prices extremely high

- Families struggled to provide for themselves

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W - A1

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  • Discontent due to poor living conditions

- Political unrest + ideas easily spread due to dense housing

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W - A2

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  • Inability to feed their families lead to discontent
  • Some turned to revolutionary action out of desperation
  • More people turned against Tsar
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W - A+

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  • Head of Police, Zubtov, allowed for unions to be set up

- Vented workers anger + gave place to express views

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W - E

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  • Bloody Sunday created more unrest
  • Bloody Sunday led to assassination of Sergei Alexandrovich, Nicholas II’s Uncle, Feb 1905, major event leading up to revolution
  • Workers’ unrest formed St Petersburg Soviet in 1905 Oct, disbanded 2 months later, leaders’ arrested (Leon Trotsky)
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BS - K1

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  • Protesters carrying banners supporting the Tsar + his family
  • Peacefully marched towards Winter Palace
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BS - K2

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  • Led to strikes all over country
  • Warsaw, Odessa, St Petersburg, Moscow
  • 150,000 striking in St Petersburg alone
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BS - A1

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  • Turned some of Tsar’s last supporters against him

- Made Tsar look like a monster so turned even more people against him

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BS - A2

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  • Political unrest was the base of 1905 revolution

- Scale alone led to 1905 revolution, everyone joined in across the country

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BS - A+

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  • Strikes were already happening before Bloody Sunday

- Due to Russo-Japanese War + discontent etc

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BS - E

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  • More important than
23
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RJW - K1

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  • Took 8 months for Russian Navy to reach the Battle of Tsushima Straights
  • Took 45 mins for them to be defeated by Japanese
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RJW - A1

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  • Embarrassing defeat
  • Tsar seen as incompetent and unable to command his navy
  • Turned people against Tsar
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RJW - A+

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  • Russia didn’t have to pay compensation
  • Well-negotiated peace treaty
  • Made defeat less significant so angered people less
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PO - K1

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  • Censorship was growing more unpopular

- Especially among middle class

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PO - A1

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  • Tsar’s ignorance of issues of people made them turn against him
  • Middle class originally didn’t oppose Tsar but lack of voice turned them against him
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PO - A+

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  • Okhrana very effective at seeking out political opponents
  • Forced them to work underground + separately
  • A lot less powerful so less significant