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Why was Russia difficult to govern

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Because of the sheer size - 1/6th of earths land was russia

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Why did people have a problem with the tsar

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Because of his total dictatorship and the fact that political parties were banned ans there was no parliament

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What were the secret police called during the Tsars reign

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Okhrana

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What were the middle class called

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The bourgeoisie

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Why were the middle class causing a problem to the Tsar

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It was growing with industrialization and they wanted a say in how the country was run

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Why was morale low in Russia

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80 percent of the population were peasants and living conditions were very poor. Most families had to live in a single room. Starvation was common too

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Why were industrial workers so angry with the Tsar and wanted change

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They had terrible living conditions and had to work long hours with pay lower than minimum wage.

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What did the Tsar do to stop the industrial workers acting out against their horrible conditions

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Banned trade unions and made strikes illegal

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Why was the Tsar not the right person for the job (personality)

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He was not charismatic and forceful which the people of Russia needed. He was not inspirational

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Why was the Tsar such a weak leader

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He was appointed as Tsar early on and wasn’t ready for it. He knew little about the people he governed

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What was the religious problem with the Tsar

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He believed he had complete divine right and therefore did not believe in reform

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What is a liberal

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A political view where people believe in individual rights and democracy

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What did the liberals want

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A duma (parliament) and the right to make political parties

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Who made up the liberals

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The middle class

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What did the social revolutionaries want

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Sieze power by revolution and for land to be taken from the nobility and given to the peasants

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What did social democrats want

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A revolution to bring about a communist government

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What political view did the mensheviks and bolsheviks have politically

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Social democracy

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Why was there dispute between the mensheviks and bolsheviks

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The mensheviks believed power should be spread by a big party and the bolsheviks thought power should be controlled by one core leader

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What did the industrial slump cause

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Workers to be laid off which led to strikes and general unhappiness

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Why did the Russo Japanese War loss anger the Russian population

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It cost a lot of money and made the Russian people question their leader. Other countries viewed russia as a lesser power which was massively humiliating for the people.

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What was the Russo Japanese War fought over

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Manchuria

22
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What did Russia lose after losing the war which added to humiliation

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A lot of land

23
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How was food further disrupted after the loss of the war against Japan

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Raised prices as food supplies were disrupted

24
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How many people were in the protest on bloody sunday

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Hundreds of thousands

25
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Who led the bloody Sunday crowd

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Father gapon

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What did the bloody Sunday March hope to achieve

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8 hour working days and minimum wage

27
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Was the tsar in his palace on bloody sunday

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No

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How many people died on bloody sunday

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Nearly 1,000

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When was bloody sunday

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22 January 1905

30
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How many people were on strike by the end of January because of bloody sunday

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400,000

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What did some cities do in protest against bloody sunday

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Elected soviets, councils, to take control

32
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What happened during June and July

Which affected landlords

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Peasants started murdering landlords and taking their land

33
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What did the st Petersburg soviets do

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Formed coordinated strikes paralyzing the city

34
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What did sergei white convince the tsar

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Granting concessions to the liberals was the only way to regain their support

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When was the October manifesto

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30th October

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What did the October manifesto help set up

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A duma

37
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The October manifesto regained the support of who

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The middle class

38
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What were redemption payments

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Peasants had to pay for land that they previously received

39
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When did the tsars troops return from fighting Japan and what did it mean for the tsar

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December

The tsar could regain his control over the Russian people

40
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What happened to the st Petersburg soviets when the tsar regained control

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He used force to shut down the st Petersburg soviets and arrested its leaders

41
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How many people were killed in the soviet uprising in moscow when the tsar was regained power

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1000

42
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What did the tsar do whenever the duma started speaking against him

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Dissolve it with armed militia so there was no threat

43
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How many peasants were sent to prisons in Siberia for their part in the revolution

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A thousand

44
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Between 1907 and 1911 how many people were hung and what was the noose nicknamed

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  1. Stolypins necktie
45
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What were the peasants who bought land to make farms called (middle class peasants)

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Kulaks

46
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What were the peasants banks and how many farmers signed up for them

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They were banks set up to help farmers become kulaks and 15 percent of farmers signed up

47
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What did the tsar do to keep the armed forces satisfied

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Improved their conditions such as giving them fresh meat to eat on the boats

48
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When was the industrial boom and how many strikes were there and why

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1906 and 1914
Thousands
Because there was no improvements to the living conditions

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