Nicholas II Brief Flashcards
1
Q
1894
A
Death of Alexander III
Accession of Nicholas II
2
Q
1898
A
SDs (Russian Social Democratic Workers Party) established
3
Q
1901-05
A
Failed harvests + world-wide depression = economic slump
Increased unrest
New opposition groups:
- SRs, Mensheviks, Bolsheviks, Union of Liberation
4
Q
1904-05
A
Russo-Japanese War (ends with Russian defeat)
5
Q
1905
A
Bloody Sunday
- begins year of unrest
- 1905 Revolution
6
Q
1905-06
A
October Manifesto (promised State Duma/parliament)
Fundamental Laws (introduced to protect autocracy from the Duma)
7
Q
1906-11
A
Stolypin’s agrarian reforms improve agriculture
8
Q
1906-17
A
4 State Dumas elected
- first 2 were short lived
9
Q
1914
A
WW1 begins
Germany declared war on Russia
10
Q
Feb 1917
A
Revolution
March = Nicholas II abdicated
