Nicholas II

Question 1

What was the Russo- Japanese war over?

Answer 1

Russia wanted port Arthur, a warm water port which would allow for all year long trading links

Question 2

What happened in January 1905?

Answer 2

Port Arthur fell due to Japan.

Question 3

What contributed to Russia’s defeat?

Answer 3

• Trans-siberian railway was a single track.
• Short supply of ammunition.

Question 4

What was bloody sunday?

Answer 4

• Began as peaceful protest from steel workers angered over poor working conditions in St Petersburg
• Thousands marched to the Winter palace to plead to Nicholas, led by Father Gapon, but he wasn’t there and soldiers fired on the protesters.

Question 5

What did bloody sunday trigger?

Answer 5

The 1905 revolution.

Question 6

What were workers demanding in the 1905 revolution?

Answer 6

• 8 hour working day
• Higher wages

Question 7

What liberal demands were there?

Answer 7

Elected parliament, freedom of speech and the right to make political parties.

Question 8

Who are the black hundreds

Answer 8

pro- tsarist group who were used to hunt down radicals.

Question 9

What formed as a result of the 1905 revolution?

Answer 9

The St Petersburg Soviet of Workers Deputies

Question 10

What did Nicholas produce as a result of the 1905 revolution?

Answer 10

October manifesto which promised a duma elected by the people and civil rights such as freedom of speech.

Question 11

How did soldiers suffer during ww1?

Answer 11

• Mainly peasant conscripts.
• Soldiers didnt have suitable clothing.
• Only 2 rifles for every 3 soldiers.

Question 12

What were the political impacts of world war one?

Answer 12

• Deputies from the 4th duma formed the progressive bloc which demanded a constituent assembly.
• Nicholas disbanded the duma as a result.
• Nicholas became commander-in-chief which made it easy to blame him for any failures.

Question 13

What were the economic impacts of world war one?

Answer 13

• Cost of war rose by 13,000 million roubles in 4 years.
• Women and children took on some of the men’s roles. This caused production to slump.
• Lack of good railways prevented food reaching people in towns.
• Rifle production doubled in 1916.

Question 14

What were the social impacts of world war one?

Answer 14

• Governments price for grain was too low for peasants to buy essential household goods.
• 300% rise in cost of living
• 30,000 workers went on strike in Moscow in jan 1917.