Russia 1 Flashcards
Marx - Revolution
“The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains”
1905 Revolution - Tsar distance
“God is high in heaven, the Tsar is far away”
Witte - Mercantilism
“There is a radical difference between Russia and a colony: Russia is an independent and strong power. She has the right and the strength not to want to be the eternal handmaiden of states which are developed more economically”
Hill - Russo-Japan War
“The incompetence and corruption of the autocracy was shown on a vast scale”
Leo Tolstoy - 1905 Revolution
“the general dissatisfaction of all classes with the government…(made it) impossible to maintain the form of government except by violence”
Tsar - Confidence
“My people love me”
Rasputin - Tsar
“The tsar can change his mind from one minute to the next; he’s a sad man, he lacks guts”
French Ambassador - Tsarism
“I am obliged to report that at the present moment, the Russian empire is run by lunatics”
General Brusilov - Tsar as Commander in Chief
“Everyone knew that Nicholas understood next to nothing about military matters…Faced with a group of soldiers, he was nervous and did not know what to say”
Tsarina - February Revolution
“Concessions inevitable. Street fighting continues. Many units gone over to the enemy”
Tsar - Abdication
“All around me is treachery, cowardice and deceit”
Chamberlin - February Revolution
“The collapse of the Romanov autocracy in March 1917 was one of the most leaderless, spontaneous, anonymous revolutions of all time”
Figes - February Revolution
“Collapse is certainly the right word to use, it was not overthrown”
Fitzpatrick - February Revolution
“The autocracy collapsed in the face of popular demonstrations and the withdrawal of elite support for the regime”
Kerensky - Dual authority
“The Provisional Government had authority without power whilst the Soviet had power without authority”
Trotsky - Dual Authority
“The dual powerlessness”
Figes - Cause of Collapse
“the obstinate refusal of the tsarist regime to concede reforms turned what should have been a political problem into a revolutionary crisis”
Figes - Consequence of 1905
“Many of the younger comrades of 1905 were the elders of 1917. They were inspired by its memory and instructed by its lessons.
Pipes - 1905 Revolution
“The 1905 Revolution not only failed to resolve Russia’s outstanding problem - estrangement between rulers and ruled - but aggravated it…Russia had gained only a breathing spell
David Welch - October Manifesto
“Whether or not you see the October Manifesto as a genuine policy of conciliation, or an attempt to ‘buy off’ the revolutionary movement, it served to split the opposition.”
CPSU - Bloody Sunday
“On that day the workers received a bloody lesson. It was their faith in the tsar that was riddled by bullets on that day”
Petition to Tsar - Bloody Sunday
“We are treated not like humans [but] like slaves who must suffer a bitter fate and keep silent”
Fundamental Laws
“The Sovereign Emperor approves laws; and without his approval no legislative measure can become law”
Lenin - 1905 Revolution
“dress rehearsal for the October Revolution”
