Russia Flashcards
Russian empire cOvered how much of the worlds total land
1/6 of the worlds total land
How many people in Russian empire ?
How many Russian?
130 million
55,6 million
What was russianification
Policy where non Russians made to speak Russian wear Russian clothes and follow Russian customs
In Poland ur was forbidden to teach children in what language
Polish
Countries in Russian empire where russianification took place
Finland
Poland
Latvia
In Russia what percentage peasants in 1905
84%
How many people in five were peasants
1 in five
If Russia was so big how come peasants wanted land
Bcos there wasn’t enough FARMABLE land
Nobles made up what percent of pop but owned how much land I
Made up 1.5% but owned a 1/4 of land
When did tsar nich come to throne
1894
Did the tsar have a gov
No
No one to represent views of the people
Name annoying things of tsar
Censorship of newspapers and books Intolerance of opposition No parliament Okhrana Use of brutal Cossacks as protests
Name for tsars secret polic
Okhrana
Church and tsar
Orthodox Church closely linked to tsar
Tsar was head of country and head of church
He believed he had a DIVINE ROGHT fiven by god
Who was tsars wife
Tsarina Alexandra
Did tsar know much about his ppl
NO never visited factories Andes misinformed by advisers
What did tsars sister write in journal
“Le kept saying.. he was wholly unfit to reign”
What year did socialist revolutionaries form
1901
Who murderered governor of Tambov who tortured peasants who cld t pay taxes
Marie spirodonova 19 yr old socialist revolutionary
Bolsheviks bs Mensheviks
B = small disciplined party as large 1 wld be infiltrated M = mass organisation for AL LL workers
What was Trotskys nickname
The pen
Where did Mensheviks and Bolsheviiks come from
Social Democratic Party
Followed teaching of Karl Marx
What did Russia need to do in 1905
Mechanise it’s backwards farming
Made peasants pay too much taxes
Workers wages too low
Whose houses were burned in protest
Landlords
Poor harvest when and when which meant starving
1900 and 1902
When did Russia go to war with Japan
1904
Why did tsar think war with Japan was a good idea
Victory in a short war would stop his critics
Why did the Russo Japanese war make things worse
Prices rose
More food shortages
Lack of industrial materials meant factories had to shut down meant more enemployment meant more hunger
We’re Russian the humiliated by Japan
They made defeat after defeat
In 1905 which port fell to Japan and highlighted tsar. Incompetence
Port Arthur
Bloody Sunday organised by who
Father Gapon
Date of Bloody Sunday
SUNDAY the 22nd of January!
How many marched to winter palace on Bloody Sunday
200,000
How many casualties of Bloody Sunday
Estimations vary from thousands to less than 100
Was Bloody Sunday violent on marchers behal
No they carried crosses and pictures of tsar
Where was tsar dying Bloody Sunday
In countryside as he didn’t think it was a serious prob
By the end of January how many workers on strike following Bloody Sunday
400,000
On 4th of Feb 1905 who was assassinated
Grand Duke Sergei
In June 1905 sailors of what ship mutinies
POTEMKIN
In October 1905 who was threat to the tsar
St oetersburg Soviet of workers deputies and other Soviets
When was October manifesto made
30th October
What was in the October manifesto
Duma, to be selected by the people
Civil rights like freedom of speech
Uncensored newspapers
Right to form political parties
After oct manifesto in December why did tsar become more confident
Troops back and he used them to shut down st Petersburg Soviet if workers deputies and an armed uprising in Moscow
Why did tsar appoint a Pm
To deal with countryside disturbances
Who did tsar appoint as prime minister 1906
Peter stolypin
What did stolypin do
Set up military courts which couldn’t sentence and. Hang a person on the spot
Thousands executed
Noose became known as stolypin a necktie