Russia key dates and numbers up to Feb Revolution Flashcards
Who were the Kadets in 1905
Middle class pro-democracy people that want a constitutional democracy (all you need to know is this means the king has no power)
Who were the social revolutionaries in 1905?
Mainly peasant popular, wanted land reform so peasants could own land.
who were the Bolsheviks in 1905
Marxists, popular with workers, Lenin involved, wanted to speed things up straight from feudalism to socialism and skip capitalism.
Some main political causes of the 1905 revolution.
Tsar Nicholas was a weak and stubborn leader, in 1900 officials criticising the gov were purged, popularity in revolutionary groups was increasing
How many were killed on ‘Bloody Sunday’
hundreds killed
Who was unfairly blamed for ‘Bloody Sunday’ ?
The Tsar. This lead to the assassination of his uncle.
what was the result of the October Revolution, 1905?
The strikes caused such economic pressure that the Tsar had to release the October Manifesto. This created the Duma, and allowed freedom of speech, unions, and other civil rights.
How many workers were killed by Russian Soldiers when they tried to present a petition pre-1905, causing anger?
200
What war caused major embarrassment and economic pressure and was a cause of the 1905 revolution?
The Russo-Japanese war
How many did Stolypin hang?
Over 1000
What laws limited the power of the Duma?
The Fundamental Laws
How did WW1 affect the army?
Army were negatively affected as 9 million of them were casualties by the end of the war. This also led to mutiny which further increased problems.
How did WW1 affect the workers?
Workers were negatively affected as much more work was needed for the war effort, yet their pay did not increase by much. This meant they struggled to keep up with a rise in basic good costs due to a lack of peasants and inflation, so they could but roughly a quarter of what they could before.
How did WW1 affect peasants?
Peasants suffered due to the 9 million person death count. Much of the army was peasants. Many were left widows without the promised government compensation, but had to work harder for the war, shown by an increase in grain production despite the decrease in working population.
How did WW1 affect the middle class?
The Middle Class did not suffer nearly as much, But were unhappy with the Tsar due to the dismissal of the Duma in Feb 1917 and a lack of materials for factory owners.
How did WW1 affect the aristocracy
To say the Aristocracy suffered would be exaggeration. The Aristocracy were merely inconvenienced by a decrease in peasants to work for them.
quick feb revolution stats
7th march 20,000 putilov steelworks strikes
10th march now 250,000 total strikers
15th march Tsar abdicate
