The 1905 Revolution

Question 1

Factors that led to the 1905 revolution?

1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?

Answer 1

1. (Short term) defeat in Russo-Japanese war
2. (Short term) Bloody Sunday
3. (Long term) Economic hardship
4. (Long term) Political opposition

Question 2

When was Bloody Sunday?

Answer 2

January 9, 1905

Question 3

Give two reasons why the peasants were so poor.

Answer 3

1. Factory owners did not pay the peasants well. Workers were paid minimum wage
2. Farmer peasants could barely feed themselves, they sold their crops for money

Question 4

Why was the issue of land so important to peasants?

Answer 4

Many of them needed the food and extra money to sell or feed themselves and some of that money was also used to pay off debts

Question 5

What were the three political parties?

Answer 5

1. Socialist revolutionaries
2. Social democrats
3. Liberals

Question 6

Socialist revolutionary tactics?

Answer 6

• propaganda

* terrorism to break the government

Question 7

Aims of the socialist revolutionaries?

Answer 7

• get rid of the Tsar

* give all land to peasants

Question 8

When did the socialist revolutionaries form and who did they appeal to?

Answer 8

1901

Peasants

Question 9

Who did the social democrats appeal to?

Answer 9

Students and workers in large towns

Question 10

What were the aims of the social democrats?

Answer 10

• overthrow the Tsar

* create a socialist state

Question 11

The social democrats consisted of two groups. Who were they? Explain.

Answer 11

1. Mensheviks
   •Believed all workers could join. Work with other trade unions.
2. Bolsheviks
   •Believed in small secret parties. Large parties could be sought out.

Question 12

Who did the liberals appeal to?

Answer 12

• middle classes

* members of gentry

Question 13

What did the liberals believe?

Answer 13

Liberal middle classes thought people had an opportunity to run the country through a parliament

Question 14

Why was the outbreak of war a good thing for the Tsar?

Answer 14

Because people United to fight a common enemy which resulted in the Tsar becoming more popular

Question 15

Differences between provisional government and the Soviet?

Answer 15

Provisional government- created to run the country until elections for a future government could be held

Soviet- consisted of workers and soldiers’ representatives who looked after their own interests

Question 16

Who held power?

Soviets or PG

Answer 16

Soviets

They controlled the armed forces or Petrograd

Question 17

Why was Kerensky so important in the early days of the revolution?

Answer 17

Kerensky was famous for his emotional speeches and his persuasion to form to PG

Question 18

Long term cause
Economic discontent

Why did the Tsar tax the produce of the peasant farmers?

Answer 18

To raise money to maintain his regime

Question 19

Long term cause
Economic discontent

When had the peasants of Russia been freed?

Answer 19

In 1861 byAlexander II

Question 20

The Red cockerel?

Answer 20

When peasants seized a lot of land in the countryside

Question 21

Long term cause
Economic discontent

What was a common occurrence at the turn of the century?

Answer 21

Famine

Question 22

Long term cause
Economic discontent

What were the living conditions of peasants in 1905?

Answer 22

Horrendous as developers struggled to deal with the demand for homes. Many lived in communal homes (like in army head-quarters). Others were forced to sleep in the factories they worked in.

Question 23

Long term cause
Political problems

Why were people unhappy with the political conditions in Russia?

Answer 23

Jewish people for persecuted

Middle class industrialists were unhappy that they did not have a say in how the country way governed

There was major social and economic problems for workers and peasants

Question 24

Long term cause
Political problems

Sources of opposition?

Answer 24

Liberals

Radicals