Nicholas II Political Authority Flashcards
What nickname did Alex III give Nicholas II
‘Girlie’
Proof Nicholas didn’t have faith in himself to rule
‘I am not prepared to be a Tsar. I never wanted to become one. I know nothing of the business of ruining’
Why was there resentment towards the Tsarist system when Nicholas II came to power
Failings in dealing with the 1891-92 famine
Repression of Alex III
Why did Nicholas II’s reign begin badly
Stampede killed nearly 1,400 people at his coronation
Nicholas advised to continue with the banquet at the French Embassy (bad impression)
What policy did Nicholas continue from Alex III
Russification
What organisation did Nicholas support
The ‘Black Hundreds’
Who were the Black Hundreds
Right wing anti semitic group that attacked ethnic minorities and anyone opposed to the Tsar
How many students were arrested in 1901 due to open opposition in St Petersburg
1500 students
What were the years 1903-04 known as? Why?
The years of the red cockerel
Peasants setting fire to landlord property and barns full of grain in the countryside
Where had unrest spread to? (countries)
Poland, Ukraine and Georgia
Who dealt with unrest so brutally that support for the Tsar declined
Pytor Stolypin
What methods did Stolypin use
Peasants were flogged
People were exiled, shot or hanged
What was named after Stolypin
The hangman’s noose
‘Stolypin’s necktie’
How many strikes in 1894 compared to 1904
17,000 in 1894
90,000 in 1904
What were being set up
Illegal trade unions
What’s an example of violent clashes between strikers and armed police
The Obukhov factory in 1901
Who was Moscow chief of the Okhrana? What was his idea?
Zubatov
Set up police backed trade unions in 1900
How long did Zubatov’s trade unions last
Until 1903
What was Zubatov’s trade unions idea called
Police socialism
What happened to Zubatov in 1903? Why?
Sacked and exiled
One of his unions joined a general strike in Odessa
Who set up a union in St Petersburg - 1904
Father Gapon
Who was Plehve? How did he die and what was the response?
Internal Affairs Minister
Assassinated
Crowds in Warsaw celebrated in the streets
What did Nicholas think about the Japanese
Though they were an inferior race and was highly racist
Why was Nicholas racist towards the Japanese
One of his Japanese police escort had tried to kill him in 1891
What was anti-Japanese patriotism supposed to do
Distract from internal opposition
Where was the Russian fleet wiped out
Battle of Tsushima
What was the issue with the Trans Siberian Railway in the Japanese war
Single track and not completed
