TSAR NICHOLAS II

Question 1

‘autocracy without autocrat’

Answer 1

didn’t want to be tsar, unprepared, know nothing,

Question 2

tutored by pobdesntov

Answer 2

conservative ‘be fearful of innovation’ anti-semetic, hated liberalism, pro repression uphold autocracy

Question 3

his character
‘weak and intelectual’

Answer 3

lacked confidence, too polite when confronting ministers procrastinated, jealous of ministers=distrust/tension

Question 4

political skill

Answer 4

pro repression, more at home/army then state council. rejected principles of popular reprensation/united gov-DUMA. idolised a.3= repression,fussificstion,anitsemitism,anti democracy
influenced by conservative uncles :
sergi(governer)
Alexis (commander of navy)

Question 5

n2 continued state promotion industrial growth

Answer 5

policies of finance minister, Sergei Witi 1892-1903

Question 6

1890 difficult time for autocracy

Answer 6

death a.3(people hope change/liberal)
great famine(resentment/peasnt dissfaction/radicle subtends/rebirth populist ideas)
economic depression1899-1903:
radicle intelegsnia draw ideas to marxist, workers called for more rights

Question 7

the khodynka tragedy

Answer 7

cooronation n.2, police force failed to maintain law+order (free food/beer)
crowd crush occurred 1300 die. n.2 still attended banquet at French embassy = ‘Nicolas the bloody’

Question 8

Bloody Sunday 1905

Answer 8

unarmed demonstrators (led by father Gapon) marched winter palace - workers conditions/hours. strikes/petition. 96 died key cause russian rev, n2 not in palace at the time soldiers fired. tsar lost control large areas

Question 9

russo Japanese war 1904/5

Answer 9

over teritoal expanse east Asia(Korea/manchuria)-recourses.
Japan won defeat European power
damaged prestige of russian autocracy as splendid isolation, catalyst russian rev, humiliated discontent (treaty of Portsmouth) oversaw transsiberian railway, attacked docked russian ships

Question 10

1905 russian revolution

Answer 10

diverse social grops demostrated discontent with russian social/political syst+russo Japanese war+Bloody Sunday. protests liberal strikes/student riots, terrosirts assasinations.

Question 11

feb revvolution 1917

Answer 11

monarchy overthrown, replaces by provisional government (democratic), protests riots violence. during w1 couldn’t cope with demand- food shortages due to rail way and supply system shut down, issues of bread land peace