Immediate Consq Of 1905 Rev

Question 1

Mutiny on the Potemkin

Answer 1

• Russia battleship
• the crew protested against eating rotten meat
• opposed and rebelled against officers
• captain ordered firing squad to kill them but they refused and joined the crew
• Arrived at Odessa port - anti Gov strike being greeted by striking workers

Tsar - big threat.

• was in vulnerable position as own crew/soldiers going against him
• shows he can’t control parts of army and doesn’t have their loyalty which means can’t use them to control other rebellions
• ends quickly by soldiers dispersing them - no spread

Question 2

October manifesto

Answer 2

• Tsar try’s to divide opposition that opposed his Gov
• with witte drafted concessions to APPEASE LIBERALS

~Creation of legislative duma
~freedom of speech
~right of political parties to exist
~ trade unions

Liberals get appeased (MC) and get what they want so stop protesting. Very sig but temporary so he can remove them from chaos

APPEASEMENT

Question 3

Fundamental laws

Answer 3

• Asserted Tsars power over the duma - right to rule independently of the duma when it’s not in session
• assertion of his autocratic ness and supreme leader attitude.

Reduced Oct manifesto.

Question 4

Formation of soviets

Answer 4

• representing industrial workers
• created at st Petersburg and Moscow to improve working conditions and to get them a political voice
• Trotsky the chairman

Tsar is alarmed as they are concentrated and since they were revolutionary they were a big threat.

Also set up alternative GOV

Question 5

Siege of the St Petersburg soviet HQ

Answer 5

• siege goes on for 5 days during Nov
• Tsars troops surround it and 2600 arrested including Trotsky

They set up an alternative Gov BUT was able to crush this and used troops from RJ war even-though it’s failure we’re still loyal to tsar so he had control

Question 6

Uprising in Moscow

Answer 6

• in early Dec 1905
• Bolsheviks, SR, Mensheviks launched general strike blockading streets etc

Tsar sent troops / thousands die and on 18th Dec soviets surrender and army destroy their buildings

Tsar still had control.

Question 7

Stolypin neckties and cars

Answer 7

• introduces martial law suspending normal law - able to have fast trials meaning more executions.
• 1906 - 3000 revolutionaries hanged and over 4000 sent to manual labour
• was done to remove revolutionary threat and hanging was a successful permanent removal.