Pre-War Stability Flashcards
When was the Lena goldfield’s massacre? How many people were shot?
April 1912
500 were shot during this
Who did the official investigative commission for the Lena massacre blame?
The Gold company and government officials for the poor working conditions causing the strike and the response
How many strikers were there in 1911 and 1914?
1911 - 105,000
1914 - 1,448,000
How many strikes were there in 1911, 1912 and 1914?
1911 - 466
1912 - 2032
1914 - 3534
When did the General strike occur?
Summer 1914
What was Bolshevik membership in 1905? 1914?
1905 - 150,000
1914 - 10,000
In 1908/9, how many members of the Bolshevik St Petersburg Committee were Okhrana agents?
4/5
What did the fourth Duma do at the outbreak of war?
Dissolved itself
Per capita, how much smaller was Russia’s GDP compared to the USA and Britain at the outbreak of war?
GDP was 1/10 that of the USA and 1/5 that of Britain
How much of the industrial workforce were in small scale workshops? Why was this inefficient?
67% of the industrial workers in small scale workshops when only 33% of industrial output came from them
How much grain did Russia produce in 1900? 1913?
1900 - 56m tons
1913 - 90m tons
Of what was Russia the World’s fourth largest exporter?
Coal, pig-iron and steel
What upset farmers who moved to Siberia?
The land they were given there was often impossible to cultivate
When were redemption payments ended?
January 1907
By 1914, what is the maximum estimated figure of what proportion of the urban workforce were in unions?
Only 4.6%
