N2

Question 1

russo-japanese war

Answer 1

1904-5; Humiliated by loss against ‘weak’ opposition; adverse impact on economy & 1905 catalyst

Question 2

october manifesto

Answer 2

1905 blueprint for plan that revolves around Duma; forced on tsar ass result of economic crisis and russo-japanese war

Question 3

fundamental laws

Answer 3

1906 Basic laws issued by N2 reinforcing ideology underpinning Tsarist rule
Article 87; proposed legislation submitted to Tsar for approval

Question 4

Duma

Answer 4

1906 elected parliament (urban eq. of Zemstva)

Question 5

Bloody sunday

Answer 5

1905 9th Jan

group of demonstrators marching on winter palace shot at by armed troops; 200 die

Question 6

black earth region revolts

Answer 6

example of peasant land unrest 1900-7

. force ordered by Stolypin & land reforms

Question 7

Wager on the strong

Answer 7

Stolypin attempt to create greater support for Tsar via new wealthy peasant class. Can buy more land, consolidate strips & leave mir; 2m kulaks

Question 8

Rasputin

Answer 8

Russian Monk. Helped command Russia alongside Tsarina when N2 was commanding front line

Question 9

lena goldfield massacre

Answer 9

1912 striking miners shot on by state; 200+ dead; wave of strikes

Question 10

putilov steel works strike

Answer 10

1917. key event in 1917 revolution

Question 11

petrograd soviet

Answer 11

petrograd’s workers’ council set up to campagin for workers rights.
formed coalition with privisional government

Question 12

Soviet order No 1

Answer 12

1917 Petrigrad soviet assumes total control of military

Question 13

Bobrikov

Answer 13

Governal-general of Finland; integration into empire; disband army & Russian as main lang.
assasinated