Russia In Revolution 1904-06 Events Of 1905 Evidence

Question 1

General strike

Answer 1

January
By the end of the month, 400,000 workers were on strike
By the end of autumn 1905, the strikes spread around the empire, up to 2,500,000 on strike

Question 2

Assassination

Answer 2

February 4th, Grand Duke Sergei was killed

Question 3

Naval mutiny

Answer 3

May- naval mutiny at Kronstadt near St Petersburg
14th-24th June mutiny on the Potemkin
7 officers killed
Odessa- 2000 killed, 3000 injured

Question 4

Railway Union

Answer 4

March 1905

Question 5

Peasant Union

Answer 5

August 1905

Question 6

Duma

Answer 6

6th August 1905

Question 7

Treaty of Portsmouth

Answer 7

Peace treaty which ended war signed on the 23rd August 1905

Question 8

General strike (October)

Answer 8

Printers strike in Moscow on the 23rd September in St Petersburg turned into a general strike

Question 9

Manifesto

Answer 9

17th October

Question 10

Bloody Sunday

Answer 10

3rd January, strike at Putilov Iron Works
3 workers dismissed, triggered organisation of a March
20,000 to winter palace
130 killed, 450 injured- some suggest as many as 4600 died