Thompson Chapter 10

Question 1

October Manifesto

Answer 1

Tsar Nicholas II was given an ultimatum: give power to a dictator or issue reform. He tried to convince his uncle, Grand Duke Nicholai Nikolaevich, to become the dictator, but he said no, so Tsar Nicholas conceded to advisor Sergei Witte’s advice and issued the October Manifesto.
The Manifesto promised:
Expansion of civil liberties (free speech/press)
A limited/constitutional monarchy
Legislature elected by universal suffrage
Legalization of trade unions and political parties
Creation of the Duma

Question 2

Bloody Sunday

Answer 2

Father Gapon led people in a peaceful march to talk to Tsar Nicholas II—they were fired upon, destroying the people’s view of the Tsar as a benevolent protector and turning frustration into anger.

Question 3

Octoberists

Answer 3

A reformist group who grabbed onto the October Manifest and tried to get it fully realized

Question 4

Soviet

Answer 4

A smaller governing body within groups/parties

Question 5

Council of Workers’ Deputies

Answer 5

Spokesmen for the working class

Question 6

Proto-fascist

Answer 6

Supported the government’s repressive policies

Question 7

Union of Russian People

Answer 7

Proto-fascist group

Question 8

The Black Hundred

Answer 8

Conservative gang tolerated by police and involved in pogroms against Jews

Question 9

“New” Duma

Answer 9

Created by Stolypin Reforms after previous ones were dissolved, which gave the government the majority
Minimized peasant representation
Provided political experience and improved noncontroversial issues

Question 10

Stolypin Reforms

Answer 10

Agricultural reforms that were meant to increase productivity and give peasants a sense of proprietorship

Attempted agricultural reforms
Made agriculture more productive by breaking up village communes and giving every peasant land
War cut the program short

Question 11

Impresario

Answer 11

A term in Russian ballet for the person who organizes

Question 12

Triple Entente

Answer 12

Russia, Great Britain, and France (WWI alliance)

Question 13

Tsar Nicholas II

Answer 13

Tsar from 1894-1917

Question 14

Nicholai Nikolaevich

Answer 14

The Grand Duke and the uncle of Tsar Nicholas II
He was the proposed dictator when Tsar Nicholas II was given the ultimatum to give power to a dictator or enact reforms, and he said NO (very dramatically)

Question 15

Sergei Witte

Answer 15

Advisor and reformer - Tsar Nicholas II proposed the October Manifesto under Witte’s guidance

Question 16

Father George Gapon

Answer 16

The priest who led the Bloody Sunday march

Question 17

Leon Trotsky

Answer 17

Speaker/writer for Social Democrats, Bolshevik leader

Question 18

Vladimir Illich Ulianov “Lenin”

Answer 18

Revolutionary, politician, and political theorist

Question 19

Peter Stolypin

Answer 19

Reformer, resolute prime minister. of government

Question 20

Tsarina Alexandra

Answer 20

Wife of Tsar Nicholas II

Question 21

Gregory Rasputin

Answer 21

Crazy, power-hungry “monk” that claimed he could heal the Tsar’s hemophiliac son
Self-proclaimed holy man

Question 22

What was the Revolution of 1905? What were the results of this revolution in Russia?

Answer 22

Popular uprising against the Tsarist government (Tsar Nicholas II)
Instrumental in convincing Tsar Nicholas II to transform Russian government to constitutional monarchy

Question 23

Compare the 1905 Revolution to the Decemberist Revolt eighty years before.

Answer 23

Decemberist Revolt: unrepresentative of the whole of Russian society
1905 Revolution: included nearly every social group

Question 24

What was the reaction across Russia to the Stolypin Reforms? Compare the perspective between urban Russia and rural Russia.

Answer 24

Broke up the village communes; every peasant became a landowner
Only provided a small opportunity for many peasants (so the reaction wasn’t exactly overjoyed)
Affected rural Russia more, because that was where farms and most land were located