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Nicholas II (1894-1914) Flashcards

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1
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How old was Nicholas upon his accession to the throne

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26

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2
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How many died at Khodynka fields in May 1896

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1,400

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3
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What nationality was the Tsarina

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German

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4
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Why was Rasputin close to the royals

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Cured prince Alexia’s haemophilia

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5
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Which groups disliked Rasputin

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Church
Stolypin
Duma

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6
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What did Pobedonostev think of Nicholas

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Believed him to be incompetent and would need serious help from advisers

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7
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How did Nicholas describe the Liberal demands for an elected representative body

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Senseless dreams

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8
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How many spinners and weavers went on strike 1896-97

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30,000

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9
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How many workers were involved in the 1899 strikes

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100,000

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10
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What were the main beliefs of the Liberals

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Limit the Tsar’s power
Elected body of representatives
Civil rights and freedom

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11
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What organisations did the Liberals form in order to start spreading their messages

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Kadets & Octoberists

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12
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Who were the SRs formed from in 1902

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People’s will & Black partition

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13
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What were the main beliefs of the SRs

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Commitment to socialism
Peasant uprising

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What were the main beliefs of the SRs

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Commitment to socialism
Peasant uprising

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How many people are estimated to have been killed by the SRs 1901-05

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2000

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16
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What percentage of SR membership was workers

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50%

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17
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What formed the SDs

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Marxist circles in Minsk reading Plekhanov’s translations

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18
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What were the SD divisions between Bolsheviks and Mensheviks

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Mensheviks - slow transition to communism, inclusive membership
Bolsheviks - immediate communism, small centralised group

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19
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Who were the leading SDs

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Lenin - Bol
Zasulich & Trotsky - Men

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20
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What were the main changes Lenin made to Marxism

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Weakest link theory
Small tight knit revolution
Telescoping the capitalism stage
Vanguard party

21
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What was the Union of Liberation

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Liberal Marxist-populist society found in 1903

22
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Who was Yevno Azef

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Okrana-SR double agent exposed as a spy by the SRs in 1908

23
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How many SRs were arrested 1905-09

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4500, (52% of which executed)

24
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What were the overall demands of Father Gapon in the 1905 revolution

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More rights and freedom for the people
Fixing the issue of poverty
Reform to working conditions

25
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When was Bloody Sunday

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9th January 1905

26
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Who was assassinated on February 4th 1905

A

Grand Duke Sergei (Nick’s uncle)

27
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What was the Union of Unions and when did it form

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An umbrella organisation to represent everyone in Russian society

May 1905

28
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When was the mutiny at Potemkin

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14th June 1905

29
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When did the St Petersburg Soviet form

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13th October 1905

30
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Who held power in the St Petersburg Soviet

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Trotsky & Mensheviks

31
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When did the Tsar agree to the October manifesto

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17th October 1905

32
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What were the main clauses of the Oct Manifesto

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Freedom of speech
End of unwarranted arrests
Duma

33
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How may Jews were killed in attacks by the Russian right wing following the October Manifesto

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3,000

34
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How many soldiers were stationed in Poland during 1905

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300,000

35
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How many were killed in Odessa when Potemkin arrived

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2,000

36
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How long did it take for the Russian Navy to be defeated at Tsushima straights

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Less than an hour

37
Q

How did the Russo-Japanese war effect Russia

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International embarrassment (lost to lesser power)
Trans-Siberian railway disrupted
Opposition grew to war
US involvement in peace settlement (Roosevelt)

38
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What signalled the end of the Russo-Japanese war

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Treaty of Portsmouth

39
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How many were killed on Bloody Sunday

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130

40
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What 1906 law weakened the Duma

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Fundamental law

41
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How many people were hung between Oct 1905 & April 1906

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15,000

42
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How many Dumas were there

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4

43
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Who won the most seats in the first Duma

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Kadets (liberals)

44
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What was Stolypin’s coup

A

Changing the Duma electoral system to favour the Tsar

45
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What was the circulation of Pravda before 1914

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40,000

46
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1909 how many of the 5 Bolshevik leaders in St Petersburg were double agents

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4

47
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When was the Lena Goldfields massacre and how many were killed

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April 1912

200+

48
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What was the Lena Goldfields massacre

A

Army shooting strikers

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