1905 revoultion

Question 1

What caused an increase in striking workers in December 1904?

Answer 1

Four workers from the Putilov steel works being dismissed.

Question 2

How many workers were on strike in January 1905?

Answer 2

120,000

Question 3

What was the Assembly of Russian Factory Workers?

Answer 3

Established by Father Georgiy Gapon in 1904 to support local workers and pursue industrial reform. This was encouraged by the Ministry for the Interior as it channelled worker discontent away from other political organisations. Had 6000-8000 members by end of 1904.

Question 4

When was Bloody Sunday?

Answer 4

9 January 1905

Question 5

Approximately how many people marched to the Winter Palace on Bloody Sunday? What were they holding?

Answer 5

Up to 150,000. They were carrying religious icons and their petition.

Question 6

What was the death toll at the Winter Palace? What was the total death toll of the day?

Answer 6

40 people . 200-300 people.

Question 7

What were the demands of the petition on Bloody Sunday?

Answer 7

‘Our first request was that our employers discuss our needs together with us…Reduce the working day to eight hours; for them to set wages in agreement with us…to increase the wages of unskilled workers and women to one rouble per day; to overtime work; to provide medical care attentively and without insult; to build shops so that it is possible to work there and not face death.’

Question 8

How many workers strikes in January as a consequence of Bloody Sunday?

Answer 8

400,000

Question 9

When did local government become paralysed in 1905?

Answer 9

October

Question 10

What was a further catalyst to unrest in May 1905?

Answer 10

News of Russia’s defeat at the battle of Tsushima

Question 11

How many workers took part in demonstrations in Warsaw after Bloody Sunday? How many were killed?

Answer 11

100,000 people . 93 killed.

Question 12

How many people staged a rally at Moscow University and what did they do? What was this reflective of?

Answer 12

3000 students burned portraits of the tsar and hung red flags. This was reflective of the political fervour throughout institutions of higher learning;

Question 13

What happened on 18 March 1905?

Answer 13

Authorities ordered all institutions of higher learning to be closed for the remainder of the academic year.

Question 14

What occurred on 17 October 1905?

Answer 14

Release of the October Manifesto

Question 15

What was decreed in the October Manifesto?

Answer 15

Freedom of speech and association, elections to the State Duma, no law shall take place without the assent of the State Duma.

Question 16

How did revolutionary groups respond to the October Manifesto?

Answer 16

Octobrists accept reform. Kadets push for further concessions. St Petersburg soviet saw it as a trick for the Tsar to rally his forces and end the revolution.
General Strike sees the Soviets gain influence so they encouraged workers to strike.

Question 17

What occurred on 3 December 1905? Why?

Answer 17

260 deputies (half) of St Petersburg Soviet are arrested. The chairman had been arrested, following calls for uprisings after the October Manifesto, and so the Soviet organised an armed uprising; thus they were arrested.

Question 18

What occurred on 6 December and what was the result?

Answer 18

Moscow Soviet calls for a strike that cripples the city.

Question 19

When did the Moscow strike end and how many people died?

Answer 19

18 December. Over 1000 died.

Question 20

How did Industrial Workers respond to the October Manifesto?

Answer 20

Many industrial workers wanted specific reforms and were pre occupied with their daily concerns; eight hour working day, workers council, medical services etc. They did not care much for constituent assemblies or socialist revolutions. Could not afford to go on strike again.

Question 21

How did peasants respond to the October Manifesto?

Answer 21

Wished for immediate change; more land and lower taxes. October Manifesto were largely appeased; their redemption payments for 1905 were halved.