Events of the 1905 revolution Flashcards
1
Q
General strike
A
Linked workers with middle class
becomes a national strike
2
Q
Peasants
A
Rioted against landlords
3,000 manor houses burnt down
Created communes
3
Q
Industrial workers
A
General strike
Blood sunday which increased strikes
4
Q
St Petersburg
A
council of workers set up in october 1905
idea of workers council for organising resistance
5
Q
What did the Tsar do about all these events
A
Created the October Manifesto
6
Q
Features of the October Manifesto
A
Duma
Civil rights such as:
- freedom
- right to form political parties
- right to form trade unions
7
Q
Soviet
A
an organised committee of workers and soldiers
