Russian Revolution AOS 1 Flashcards
When was the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II?
26th of May 1896
Bloody Sunday date
9th January 1905
October Manifesto date
17 October 1905
Fundamental Laws date
23rd April 1906
First Duma date
1906
Second Duma date
1907
Third Duma date
1907 -1912
Fourth Duma date
1912 - 1917
WWI begins date
28th July 1914
Tsar assumes command of army date
September 1915
Supply crisis begins in petrograd date
December 1916
Anti war protests and strikes date
25th february 1917
Formation of Provisional government and petrograd soviet date
28th february 1917
Abdication of Tsar Nicholas II date
2nd March 1917
Lenin arrives in Russia (April Theses) Date
3 - 4 April 1917
June Offensive begins Date
18th June 1917
July Days Date
3 - 4 July 1917
Kornilov Affair Date
19 - 30th August 1917
Provisional Goverment overthrown date
24 - 26th October 1917
Tsar Nicholas II
- Promised democratic Reforms in the October Manifesto, but subverted or broke these promises by limiting the power of the State Dumas and reassering his ‘supreme autocratic power’.
- Failed to provide leadership during crisis of WW1, instead entrusting authority to his unpopular wife, Alexandra