evidence Flashcards
1
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Tsarism
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“loyalty to him… not to the state” - Merilyn Hoysted
“I am not prepared to be Tsar” - Tsar Nicholas II
2
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Russo-Japanese War
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“long and disastrous” - Christopher Read
3
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Bloody Sunday
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“The Tsar, typically, did nothing.” - Alan Wood
“There is no God any longer, there is no Tsar.” - Father Gapon
4
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The October Manifesto
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“collapse of Tsarism… not inevitable” - Richard Pipes
5
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Dumas/October Manifesto
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“everything is given and nothing is given” - Leon Trotsky
6
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WW1
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“War is the midwife of every old society pregnant with a new one.” - Frederick Engels
7
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February Revolution
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“this hooligan movement” - Tsarina Alexandra
8
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Tsar Abdication
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“The autocracy had been the principal architect of its own downfall.” - Christopher Read
