Russia Flashcards
What. Caused the 1905 revolution ?
-mass poverty
-size of country
-class divide
-poor living conditions
-economy reliant on unstable agriculture
Short term catalysts :
-enforced industrialisation and a harvest failure
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Most money taken from peasants
Mass tax on everyday items
When was the industrial slump that sort of brought on the 1905 revolution
1902
When did the russo japanese war begin ?
1904
When was bloody sunday
22nd of January 1905
Who lead the peacefull protest of bloody sunday
Father gapon
Who was assassinated on he 4 th of February 1905 ?
Tsars uncle is assasinated
When was the saint petersburg soviet of workers deputy formed
26 th of october
Wen was the october manifesto and what did it promise ?
30th of October
- promised a parliament
- civil rights
- uncensored media
How did the Tsar survive 1905 revolution ?
- orthodox churh meant he was still very popular
- people blamed his advisors
- opposition wasnt united enough
- october manifesto was bullshit but people believed it
- used violence
- very slow moving revolution
What were Russias issues around the 1900s
- diversity pf landscape made agriculture unstable
- eastern orthodox church
- autocratic
- divided nations
- not modernized so everything outdated
- censorship and secret police
- largo so difficult to travel through and control in general