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Russia AOS1: Key Dates Flashcards

1
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Key Dates

Nicholas II becomes Tsar of Russia

A

1894

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Sergei Witte Industrial Reforms:

  • Built Trans-Siberian Railway
  • Stabilised Russian Economy
  • Created poor working conditions, severe overcrowding
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1893-1903

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3
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Russo-Japanese War

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1904-1905

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4
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Alexander II (Nicholas II’s grandfather): Emancipation Edict

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1861

  • Establishment of mir: Village Commune
  • Zemstvos: Elected local council
    • Control over local finance, health care, education, maintenance, etc.
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5
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Bloody Sunday

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9 January 1905

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Battle of Tsushima

  • Russian navi demolished in 24 hours by Japanese navy
A

May 1905

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7
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Mutiny of the battle ship Potemkin

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July 1905

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8
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Army troops mutiny and control section of Trans-Siberian Railway

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September 1905

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9
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Establishment of St Petersburg Soviet by Trotsky

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October 1905

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10
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General Strikes halt the Russian economy

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October 1905

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11
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Tsar Nicholas II releases the October Manifesto

A

17 October 1905

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12
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Tsar Nicholas II releases Fundamental State Laws

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April 1906

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13
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First Duma

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April-July 1906

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14
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Second Duma

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February-June 1907

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15
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Tsar changes electoral laws

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1907

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16
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Third Duma

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1907-1912

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17
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Fourth Duma

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1912-1917

18
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Stolypin first in Office

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July 1906

19
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Lena Goldfields Massacre

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April 1912

20
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Stolypin Assassinated

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October 1911

21
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Increase in strikes

A

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22
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Russia enters WW1

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1 August 1914

23
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WW1 - by 1915:

  • No. men killed
  • No. men captured
A

WW1 - by 1915:

  • No. men killed: 4 million
  • No. men captured: 16 million
24
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Bolshevik ideology spreads through the army (Ruzski)

  • ‘The influenceo f Bolshevik ideas is spreading very rapidly’ ~General Ruzski
A

December 1916

25
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Tsar Nicholas II becomes Commander of Russian Army

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August 1915

26
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International Women’s Day strike - 90,000 strikers

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23 February 1917

27
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Day that the soldiers began to join protesters

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26 February 1917

28
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Tsar approves formation of Provisional Gov’t

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1 March 1917

29
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Tsar Nicholas Abdicates

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2 March 1917

30
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Formation of Provisional Gov’t

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27 February 1917

31
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Formation of Petrograd Soviet

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28 February 1917

32
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Soviet Order No. 1 Released

  • Ordered that any military orders given by the Prov Gov’t ‘shall be executed only in such cases as they do not conflict iwth the orders and resolutions of the Soviet’
A

1 March 1917

33
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June Offensive

A

18 June 1917

34
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Lenin Returns to Russia

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April 1917

35
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Lenin releases April Theses

  • No support for the Provisional Gov’t
  • It must be explained to the masses that the Soviet… [is] the only possible form of the revolutionary gov’t…
  • Confiscation of all landed estates… Disposal of land to be put in charge of the local soviets
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4 April 1917

36
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July Days

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July 1917

37
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Kornilov Revolt

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August 1917

38
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October Revolution

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24 October 1917

39
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Bolsheviks consolidate power

A

2 November 1917

40
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Bolsheviks take over Moscow

A

31 October 1917

HR: Russia AOS1 (6 decks)

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