Events and consequences of 1905 Revolution

Question 1

How many workers had been on strike by the end of 1905?

Answer 1

2.7m

Question 2

What happened in places such as Kursk in 1905?

Answer 2

peasant uprisings

Question 3

What meetings took place in July 1905?

Answer 3

first meetings of the All-Russian Peasants Union

Question 4

What did the All-Russian Peasants Union demand?

Answer 4

• more political freedoms

- transfer of more land to the peasants from the nobility

Question 5

What did did Pavel Miliukov establish in May 1905?

Answer 5

‘Union of Unions’ - united leaders of the Zemstva and professional groups in demanding a new political constitution

Question 6

What were the Petrograd Soviet?

Answer 6

• assembly of workers representing 96 factories
• included Bolsheviks and Mensheviks - showed that workers could organise themselves into an opposition group
• Closed down by Tsarist troops in December 1905

Question 7

What took place in Moscow in December 1905?

Answer 7

armed uprisings, resulted in over 1000 dead, bolsheviks played key role in revolt, crushed by Tsarist troops

Question 8

What were the consequences of the 1905 revolution?

Answer 8

• Tsar signed the October Manifesto

- Tsar no longer had a bond with Russia population

Question 9

What did the October Manifesto contain?

Answer 9

• promised various political reforms
• It accepted the establishment of a Duma
• acknowledged there should be more political freedoms e.g. speech, assembly, press

Question 10

What was a Duma?

Answer 10

New Russian parliament established in 1905

Question 11

How did Russian liberals differ on opinions over the October Manifesto?

Answer 11

• some accepted it as a final piece of political reform

- Kadets saw it as a beginning of political reform

Question 12

What did the SR’s, and the Social Democratic’s think about the October Manifesto?

Answer 12

criticised it for being too limited and not meeting their political aims

Question 13

What happened after the October Manifesto?

Answer 13

• Tsar was able to re-establish his authority
• armed forces remained loyal to Tsar
• Tsar established new political group called the ‘Union of Russian People’ - attacked and killed those who supported reform throughout russia
• Opposition leaders arrested in December 1905 - deprived workers of leadership

Question 14

What were the weaknesses of the opposition to the Tsar during the 1905 Revolution?

Answer 14

• Opposition groups often divided and poorly organised - made it easier for groups e.g. Black Hundreds to persecute and destroy them
• SR’s, LIberals, Mensheviks, Bolsheviks all had different political beliefs and aims
• October Manifesto increased those divisions