Quotes: 1905 Revolution

Question 1

How did the tsarist regime escape revolution?

Answer 1

‘Although with a few broken ribs, tsarism came out of the experience of 1905 alive and strong enough’ - Leon Trotsky

Question 2

How did Nicholas react to the 1905 Revolution?

Answer 2

‘Rioting and disturbances in the capitals and in many localities of Our Empire fill Our heart with great and heavy grief’ - Tsar Nicholas II

Question 3

How did the workers and revolutionaries see the October Manifesto?

Answer 3

‘A fraud on the people’ and ‘a trick of the tsar’ to make people believe in him.

Question 4

How did Witte respond to the October Manifesto?

Answer 4

‘The slogan of “freedom” must become the slogan of government activity. There is no other way of saving the state’ - Sergei Witte

Question 5

What did Nikolai Romanov believe about how to resolve the 1905 revolution?

Answer 5

‘You must support Witte at all costs. It is necessary for the good of Russia and all of us’ - Grand Duke Nikolai Romanov