The 1905 Russian Revolution

Question 0

What were the short term causes of the revolution?

Answer 0

• in 1904 Russia and Japan were at war, Russia suffered humiliating defeats
• Bloody Sunday

Question 1

What were some of the long term reasons for the revolution?

Answer 1

• poor sanitation & water supplies
• famine
• high taxes & redemption dues
• growth of political parties
• Nicholas II remained using autocracy

Question 2

What date did Bloody Sunday take place?

Answer 2

Sunday 9th January 1905

Question 3

Who led the Bloody Sunday demonstration?

Answer 3

Father Gapon

Question 4

What did the petition that those in the Bloody Sunday March wanted to present to the tsar involve?

Answer 4

• an end to the war in japan
• fair wages & an 8 hour working day
• the election of a national parliament

Question 5

How many attended the Bloody Sunday March and how many were killed?

Answer 5

150,000 attended, 200 killed

Question 6

What was the number of strikers thanks to Bloody Sunday by the end of the year?

Answer 6

2.7 million

Question 7

What did Sergei Witte, the finance minister’s October Manifesto involve?

Answer 7

• freedom of speech, religion and press
• Duma was to have authority, lass issued by the tsar had to be approved by the Duma
• the second manifesto published in November promised to abolish redemption payments & improve the peasants land bank