knowledge test 2

Question 1

what were the dates of the russo japanese war?

Answer 1

1904-05

Question 2

what treaty resulted in russias withdrawal from port arthur and the acknowledgment of japans sovereignty in korea?

Answer 2

the treaty of portsmouth

Question 3

when did bloody sunday occur?

Answer 3

9 january 1905

Question 4

how many unarmed demonstrators gathered across st petersburg on bloody sunday?

Answer 4

150,000

Question 5

what did the bloody sunday petition demand?

Answer 5

an eight hour day, freedom of speech and an elected assembly

Question 6

what economic factors contributed to the events of 1905?

Answer 6

industrialisation had led to economic growth, but the workers still faced poor working conditions, low pay, long hours and poor living conditions

Question 7

what social factors contributed to the events of 1905?

Answer 7

increase in population, backward economy and a shortage of quality land meant russian people were always on the verge of starvation and had little land to work and live on

Question 8

what political factors contributed to the events of 1905?

Answer 8

the government increasingly faced political challenges through formation of pressure groups

Question 9

what military factors contributed to the events of 1905?

Answer 9

poor performance of russo-japanese war added to discontent caused by worsening economic and social conditions. lots of mutinies as a result of anger from this

Question 10

on which battleship was there a mutiny in june 1905?

Answer 10

potemkin

Question 11

what is a soviet?

Answer 11

a workers council

Question 12

what was the new elected assembly promised in the october manifesto called?

Answer 12

the duma

Question 13

what was the vyborg manifesto?

Answer 13

a set of demands from duma mps asking the people of finland not to pay taxes or serve in armed forces until the duma was restored

Question 14

how did the makeup of the second duma differ from the first

Answer 14

revolutionary socialists (SRs, bolsheviks and mensheviks) took part

Question 15

how long did the fourth duma last until?

Answer 15

november 1912 - february 1917

Question 16

what triggered protests among the miners at the lena goldfields in siberia?

Answer 16

continuation of ignored complains about the meat they were fed

Question 17

how did stolypin try to deal with peasant rural unrest?

Answer 17

use land redistribution to build and strengthen the class of more able, educated and ‘best’ peasants

Question 18

why did stolypins plan backfire initially?

Answer 18

peasants were not totally satisfied with the reform and many peasants left the village communes, leaving regions very short of labour