Russia AOS1 Statistics Flashcards
How many levels of Bureaucracy are there in the Tsarist system?
14
What is the police to peasant ratio under the Tsarist system?
1:3850
What is the annual expenditure on the army?
45%
How many different ethnic groups are there in Russia?
170
What was the population increase between 1815 and 1914?
40-165 mil
What was the nobility to land ratio?
1%:25%
What % of the population are peasants?
80%
What % of land wasn’t used after emancipation?
25%
How far behind was Russia’s industrialisation in the 1870s?
A century
What was the % of Witte’s tax increase?
Increase by 15% compared to the previous 5%
What % did investment increase as a result of the Great Spurt?
8700%
How much did the railway track increase and what was % increase of the total mileage after the Great Spurt?
Track tripled & mileage increased by 46%
What was increase in the number of tech schools after the Great Spurt?
1894 7 schools - 1904 100 schools
What was % increase of the literary rate after the Great Spurt?
1890 20% - 1814 38%
What % did heavy industry increase by after the Great Spurt?
616%
What % did the GDP increase by between 1898-1913?
96.8%
What % did coal increase between 1880-1916?
956%
What % did pig iron increase between 1880-1916?
785%
What % did oil increase between 1880-1916?
1840%
How many military suppressions of strikers were there after the Great Spurt?
191,893 - 5,221,902
What was the % of inflation and wage increase between 1908-1914?
Inflation = 40% increase
Average wage = 7% increase
What was the % of population increase in St. Petersburg and Moscow after the Great Spurt?
St. P had an increase of 76%
Moscow had an increase of 50%
How many businesses closed during the recession between 1900-1906?
19,022,000
How long was the lease on Liadong Peninsula?
25 years
How long did negotiations between Russia and Japan last?
2 years
What year did Japan sign the Anglo-Japanese Alliance with Britain?
1902
When did Japan launch an attack on Russia?
Negotiations ended in 1904 and a surprise attack on Port Arthur commenced on the 8th of February 1904
When was the Treaty of Portsmouth negotiated?
23rd August 1905
What & did bread prices increase and wage decrease after the Russo-Japanese war?
Bread prices increased by 35%
Wages decreased by 25%
What day was Bloody Sunday?
Sunday 9th January 1905
How many protestors marched during Bloody Sunday?
150,000
How many deaths did reports say vs how many were actually killed?
Reports stated that 4600 were killed or wounded
Truth is closer to 200 killed and 800 wounded
What day was the October Manifesto proclaimed?
17th October 1905
When was the All Zemstvo Organisation created?
1896 but it was immediately banned
What year was the removal of Zemstvo members?
1900
When was the “Slaughter of the students”?
March 1901
How many protestors were involved in the “Slaughter of the students”?
3000
How many students were killed, injured or imprisoned during the “Slaughter of the students”?
13 killed, hundreds injured and 1500 imprisoned
How many people were trampled at Tsar Nicholas’ coronation?
1,389/100,000
When was the Assembly of Russian Factory Workers formed?
1904
How many members were a part of the Assembly of Russian factory workers?
6,000
When was the strike in the Assembly of Russian Factory Workers initiated and how many participated?
Dec 1904
100s went on strike which progressed t 120,000 by January 1905
When and how many workers in St. Petersburg went on strike after Bloody Sunday?
End of January 1905
4000 workers
When was the St. Petersburg Soviet of Worker’s Deputies founded after Bloody Sunday?
13th October 1905
When was the nationwide general strike called after Bloody Sunday and how many participated?
14th October 1905
1.5 million strikers
When was Nossar (Chairman of the Soviet) arrested during the general strike?
26th November 1905
When was the St. P Soviet HQ swarmed during the general strike?
3rd December 1905
Trotsky was arrested
How many deputies were arrested in the police swarm during the general strike?
260 and Trotsky
When did the Moscow Soviet call for an armed insurrection during the general strike?
7th December 1905
How many were killed in the armed during the general strike?
1000s
When did the government troops restore order in Moscow during the general strike?
18th December 1905
When was the general strike officially called off?
19th December 1905
What was the period of time of violence and how many were executed and deported?
October 1905 - April 1906
15,000 executed
45,000 deported
When were the “Years of the Red Cockerel”?
1903-1904
When was the peasant union formed after Bloody Sunday?
October 1905
What period of time did the National Zemstvo Congress holding politcal meetings disguised as Banquets?
November 6-9 1904
When did the Moscow City Duma pass the resolution demanding an elected national legislature?
November 30th 1904
When did Tsar Nicholas issue a manifesto promising more authority for the Zemstvo?
December 12 1904
When was the Union of Unions created after Bloody Sunday?
May 1905
When was the Constitutional Democratic Party formed after Bloody Sunday?
October 1905
When was the mutiny on the Battleship Potemkin?
14th June 1905
How many officers did the soldiers on board the Potemkin kill in retribution?
7/18
How many mutinies occurred after Bloody Sunday?
200 mutinies between October - December 1905
When were military reforms introduced after Bloody Sunday?
6th December 1905
When did the Populist movement become the Socialist Revolutionaries Party?
1901
When did the anarchists dominate in the Socialist Revolutionaries party and how many assassinations did they commit?
1901-1905 domination
200 assassinations
When were the Social Democrats founded?
1898
When did Lenin join the Social Democrats and publish his book “What is to be done”?
Lenin joined in 1900
Lenin published his book in 1902
When did the Social Democrats split into the Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks?
1903
When were the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks two distinct parties?
1912
When was the membership of the Mensheviks greater than the Bolsheviks?
pre-1917
When were the Fundamental Laws implemented?
23rd of April 1906
How old did men have to be to vote in the Duma?
_< 25
What was the criteria for landowners or business owners to vote?
200 hectares of land or _< 50 workers
What percentage of workers were excluded from voting?
60%
What date did Witte resign?
22nd April 1906
When did the First Duma last until?
27th April - July 1906
What % of peasants didn’t have a political party in the First Duma?
38%
What % of Kadets were in the First Duma?
37%
What % of Trudoviks were in the First Duma?
20%
How many seats did the Kadets have in the First Duma?
184
How many seats did the Trudoviks have in the First Duma?
124
How many times did the First Duma criticize the government?
391 times
How long did it take for the First Duma to be dissolved?
73 days
When did Nicholas promise to open the Second Duma?
February 1907
When did the Second Duma last until?
February - June 1907
How many bills were proposed in the Second Duma?
287
How many bills were discussed in the Second Duma?
20