The Mutiny On Battleshio Potemkin

Question 1

Why did protect on Potemkin (one or Russian Black Sea ships) begin

Answer 1

Began over a mouldy meat ration , led to full-scale mutiny in which seven officers were killed

Question 2

Sailors hoisted the red revolutionary flag and sailed to Odessa what did they do there

Answer 2

Placed a dead sailors body at the bottom of the Potemkin steps between city and the harbour

Question 3

When townsfolk arrived to pay respects what happened

Answer 3

Troops fired on them many jumped into the sea
More than 2000 were killed and 3000 were wounded

Question 4

Arrival of the ship was warmly received by huge crowds

Answer 4

Troops ordered to disperse the crowds, opened fire killing as many as 2000 citizens

Question 5

When did the tsar realise he had to end war with Japan

Answer 5

-growing insurgency in the country
-defeats in the war
-possibility of further mutinies in the armed forces

Question 6

Tsar reluctantly called on the services of Sergei witte who

Answer 6

Negotiated peace treaty of Portsmouth between Russia and Japan on 29 august 1905