strike action + the lena goldfields massacre,1912

Question 1

it was easy for towns and cities to become breeding places for political discontent. Political activism was comparatively rare before 1905. why?

Answer 1

partly because strike activity was illegal and the secret police efficient
-also small number of workers and their own desperation to gain and retain jobs

Question 2

in 1914 there were how many stoppages?

Answer 2

3574

Question 3

the governments only response to such activity was

Answer 3

repression

Question 4

why did workers at the the Lena goldfields in Siberia ?

Answer 4

for better wages and conditions in 1912

Question 5

how did gov react to strike at Lena Goldfields ?how many workers killed?

Answer 5

troops sent in and 270 workers were killed

Question 6

how did gov react to strike at Lena Goldfields ?how many workers injured?

Answer 6

250

Question 7

the gold miners of lena riverbanks in northern siberia worked

Answer 7

long hours for low pay in inhospitable climate

Question 8

in 1912, a group of miners went on strike over?

Answer 8

some inedible horsemeat and bolsheviks helped to spread these activities

Question 9

hen their ringleaders were arrested,severeal thousand miners converged on one mine to present petitions. as they approached?

Answer 9

they were fired on and around 500 were killed

Question 10

what did the gov’s repressive approach set?

Answer 10

set off a wave of sympathetic strikes through siberia and beyond