Knowledge Test 2: Russia 1905-1917 Flashcards
Which Interior Minister wrote the August Manifesto?
Bulygin.
Which three ‘freedoms’ did the October Manifesto promise?
- Freedom of Association.
- Freedom of Assembly.
- Freedom of Speech.
Which party did the radical Liberals from in October 1905?
Kadets.
How many seats did the party of Paul Milyukov gain in the first 1906 election?
182.
Which group gained 107 seats?
Trudoviks.
Who boycotted the 1906 election?
Bolsheviks, Mensheviks and Social Revolutionaries.
Which document was published just before the first Duma met in April 1906?
Fundamental Laws.
After how many months was the first Duma dissolved?
Two.
Where did some Duma members go after this?
Vyborg.
When did the second Duma begin and end?
February-October 1907.
Why were the next two Dumas easier for the Tsar to control?
They altered the electoral system to ensure that parties favourable to the Tsar could be elected.
Give one measure used in ‘field courts-martial’?
Hanging.
Which minister oversaw the repression in the countryside from 1906?
Stolypin.
What was the aim of Stolypin’s land reforms?
To win favour with the peasantry so that they would in turn support the Tsar’s regime.
How did Stolypin try to solve the problem of insufficient land for the peasants?
Emigration to Siberia.
