Course of 1905 Revolution

Question 1

When did Bloody Sunday take place? Why was this event so shocking?

Answer 1

9th January 1905 – around 200 peaceful protestors were killed.

Question 2

How many strikers were in St Petersburg, Warsaw and Lodz on the 10th January?

Answer 2

St Petersburg saw 150,000

Lodz and Warsaw saw 100,000

Question 3

By the end of January 1905, how many people were striking?

Answer 3

400,000

Question 4

What happened in Moscow university? What did this lead to in February?

Answer 4

The Tsar’s portrait was torn down and a red flag raised by 300 students. This prompted the closing of all higher education institutions.

Question 5

When did peasant disturbances start becoming more significant? What did they do?

Answer 5

In Summer and Winter (outside of crop sewing/harvesting seasons). They attacked and seized private estates and public buildings. Stole livestock, equipment and feed.

Question 6

How many incidents of estates and public building attacks were there?

Answer 6

3000

Question 7

What did workers start forming in February 1905? What did peasants start forming?

Answer 7

Workers start forming factory committees and peasants form independent republics.

Question 8

What union demanded the nationalisation of land, a constitutional assembly and peasant equality on the 31st July?

Answer 8

The All Russian Union of Peasants

Question 9

When was the second National Congress of Zemstva? What did they call for?

Answer 9

April 1905 – called for a constituent assembly elected for by universal suffrage

Question 10

When was the Union of Unions formed? What was the Union of Unions?

Answer 10

May 1905 - it was a group of professional unions e.g. teachers and lawyers who sought greater participation in politics to reflect their socio-economic status within society

Question 11

What battleship mutinied in June?

Answer 11

Potemkin

Question 12

When were the Kronstadt riots? How many people were involved?

Answer 12

26th October - 3000 soldiers involved

Question 13

How many mutinies took place between October and December 1905?

Answer 13

211

Question 14

When was the St Petersburg soviet formed? What was their role?

Answer 14

13th October 1905. They directed strikes and organised essential tasks like food supplies. Also kept workers informed with the newspaper Izvestia

Question 15

How many Soviets were there in operation by November?

Answer 15

80

Question 16

How many peasant attacks took place at their peak In November? E.g. Tambov region had how many estates burned down?

Answer 16

796 peasant attacks. Tambov region had 130 estates burned down

Question 17

How many men were in the St Petersburg Soviet militia by November?

Answer 17

6000

Question 18

What triggered the Moscow uprising and when? How was it quashed?

Answer 18

The arresting of the leaders of the St Petersburg Soviet on the 3rd December. Troops came in and suppressed the situation. Presnia district (stronghold of Bolsheviks in Moscow) bombarded with artillery on the 15th December

Question 19

When did Nicholas introduce military reforms? What were they?

Answer 19

6th December. Increase pay, reduced conscription length.

Question 20

How many pogroms by the Black Hundreds took place against Jews February to October?

Answer 20

57

Question 21

What did Jewish petitions call for during the Revolution? What was the name of the organisation formed as a result of this principle?

Answer 21

Called for civil equality – Union for the Attainment of Full Rights for the Jewish People of Russia

Question 22

Which prominent relation of the Tsar was murdered on the 17th February?

Answer 22

Grand Duke Sergei

Question 23

Where were the rebellions in the Baltic lands concentrated in the second half of 1905? What was the main source of opposition?

Answer 23

In the rural areas mainly

The Baltic Germans (landowning class)

Question 24

When was the Finnish Great Strike? What was the extent of their opposition prior to this?

Answer 24

October 1905
Opposition was limited outside of this because they already had more developed political bodies and were not keen on the use of violence

Question 25

What characterised the main opposition of Muslims in the Russian empire in 1905?

Answer 25

They gathered at a congress to call for legal non-discrimination

Question 26

What characterised the main opposition of Ukraine in 1905?

Answer 26

Some Ukrainian parties joined together in calling for a national assembly