Nick and the challenge to autocracy

Question 1

How much did industrial strikes escalate from 1984

Answer 1

17,000 in 1894, increased to 90,000 in 1904

Question 2

Rebellion in the countryside

Answer 2

Fire to landlords barns, destroying grain, even physically attacking officials.

Stolypin’s necktie

Question 3

Events of Russo- Japanese war

Answer 3

Started in 1904 - meant to be a “short victorious war” to boost morale.
6000 miles from capital, started to lose and rebellion increased despite an initial wave of patriotism. Pleve assassinated 1904; people celebrated on the streets. Increasing calls for a Duma

On may 14th Russian Baltic fleet sunk - same day as mutiny on potemkin

Conceded territory on the same day as a printer strike and Zemstva demands for universal suffrage.

Question 4

What happened in the Russo Japanese war on bloody Sunday

Answer 4

Russian forces in port arthur surrended

Question 5

How many workers involved in father gapons protest and how many fired on them

Answer 5

150,000 workers
17,000 soldiers

Question 6

How many killed in mutiny on potemkin

Answer 6

7 officers killed in the mutiny
Shot at and 2000 killed, 3000 wounded

Question 7

What did the october manifesto provide

Answer 7

Civic freedom
State Duma
State Duma can approve laws

Question 8

What were the fundamental laws

Answer 8

Rule by decree in emergency or when Duma not in session
Appoint and dismiss gov ministers
Dissolve the duma as he wished
Right to veto legislation

Question 9

What was the first Duma like

Answer 9

boycotted by Bolsheviks, SRs and right wing union. overwhelmingly radical-liberal in composition
Strongly critical of the Tsar
Passed an “address to the throne” asking for abolition of state council and death penalty, abandonment of emergency laws, reform of civil service.

Nicholas said this was “totally inadmissable” Duma passed a vote of no confidence and dissolved 10 days later
Stolypin, with a more hard line reputation made prime minister.

Question 10

what was the second Duma like

Answer 10

More oppositional, leading stolypin to pass decrees under the Tsars emergency powers. When the Duma refused to ratify these they were dissolved.

Question 11

what was the third duma like

Answer 11

approved 2200 of 2500 gov proposals
In 1911 it had to be suspended twice and gov forced legislation through under emergency provisions.

Question 12

what was the fourth duma like

Answer 12

ignored by the new prime minister, who said “thank god we sill have no parliament”