The Course of the 1905 Revoloution (15/1/2019)

Question 1

What was the date of bloody sunday?

Answer 1

9th January 1905

Question 2

What happened when censorship collapsed?

Answer 2

Newspapers became hostile towards the government

Question 3

What happened on 4th February?

Answer 3

Assassination of the Tsar’s uncle

Question 4

What effect did the assassination of the Tsar’s uncle have on the Tsar?

Answer 4

He invited petitions containing suggestions for reform

Question 5

What was the Black Hundred?

Answer 5

Right-wing political groups who supported the Tsar, they attacked people deemed to be anti-government

Question 6

What did citizens form to protect themselves from bands of criminals?

Answer 6

Formed Militias and Vigilante groups

Question 7

What happened on the 14th May?

Answer 7

The Russian Baltic fleet was wiped out on Tsushima

Question 8

What happened in the countryside between June - July?

Answer 8

Peasant disturbances such as:

• Seizing land, grain and animals
• Burning landlords houses
• refusal to pay rent and taxes

Question 9

What happened on the 14th of June?

Answer 9

The mutiny of the Battleship Potemkin

Question 10

What happened on 29th August?

Answer 10

The treaty of Portsmouth was signed between Russia and Japan. This released Russian troops who could return to European Russia