Russian History - LC2 Knowledge Flashcards
What was the name of the First Duma?
The ‘Duma of National Hopes’ (May-July 1906)
Who boycotted the First Duma?
Bolesheviks, Socialist Revolutionaries and the extreme right-wing Union of the Russian People
What did the Tsar have to introduce in the Second Duma (The ‘Duma of National Anger’)?
He had to introduce an illegal power to alter the Duma ; he reduced the weight, power and influence of the peasants, workers and national minorities, whilst the representation of the gentry was increased.
How did Nicholas II’s father describe him?
A girlie, a weakling and a dunce.
What did Nicholas II declare himself?
‘wholly unfit to reign’
What happened at Khodynka Field (pronounced ko-dink-a) in May 1896 during celebrations around the Tsar’s coronation?
1,400 people were killed and 600 were injured. This was perhaps in a crush for free beer and food.
What one word described what the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905, was for Russia?
HUMILIATING - The loss of the war was humiliating and embarrassing for Russia.
Why did the Russians think they were superior to the Japanese?
Because of their prejudiced, racist opinions.
When did Port Arthur fall to the Japanese?
January 1905
Disastrous defeats in the War led to Witte being sent off to negotiate what?
The Treaty of Portsmouth in 1905.
What did the Treaty of Portsmouth do?
The treaty made Russia withdraw from Manchuria and ceded control of Korea and Port Arthur to Japan.
What key word describes what the war acted as?
The war acted as a catalyst for the meltdown that took place in Russia in 1905.
What did the war make the regime look like?
The war made the regime look weak and incompetent!
What Union began to call meetings for change in the government?
The Union of Liberation
How many people were killed and injured in the events of ‘Bloody Sunday’?
130 were killed and 300 were seriously wounded.
Trade with the East was disrupted during the Russo-Japanese War along what railways?
The Trans-Siberian Railway.
By the end of January, how many people went out on strike after the events of ‘Bloody Sunday’?
400,000 people
What were the peasants’ demands regarding?
Land, the end of redemption payments and a reduction in rent.
What were the demands from the nationalities?
Autonomy, democratic government and the end of Russification.
What event in Russia increased the public’s mistrust of the government’s competence and pushed the belief in the power of ordinary members in society to play a role in the nation’s affairs?
The Great Famine of 1891-1892
What were the ‘years of the red cockerel’?
The leaping flames of burning flames, due to arson in rural communities.
What was ‘Stolypin’s necklace’?
This term described the gallows in which the Tsar’s minister (Stolypin) sent peasants, who were involved in disturbances, to be killed; the gallows were in constant use.
