Tsarist Government

Question 0

What was the 1905 revolution?

Answer 0

UNSUCCESSFUL!!!

JAN: 400,000+ workers striking
FEB: strikes spread, tsars uncle assassinated
MAR-MAY: Japan defeated Russia at war
MAY-JUNE: Middle class liberals demand elected parliament
JUNE-JULY: peasant riots spread to countryside
SEP: Russia and Japan sign treaty
OCT: General strikes spread from Moscow
26th OCT: St Petersburg soviet of workers formed
30th OCT: October manifesto issued
DEC: troops closed down ST.P soviets

Question 1

What was Russia so difficult to govern? (4)

Answer 1

1. Diverse population
2. Vast size
3. Climate and communication
4. Poverty and resentment ( peasants and workers)

Question 2

Why did Russia perform so badly in WW1?

Answer 2

Military
Tsars actions
Domestic shortages

Question 3

Why was there a revolution in 1905? (3)

Answer 3

1. Investment in Russian industry
2. Russo-Japanese war 1904
3. Bloody Sunday 1905

Question 4

What was the march 1917 revolution?

Answer 4

SUCCESSFUL!!!

FEB: strikes spread across Russia
7th MAR: workers at putilov steel mines striked
10th MAR: c.250,000 workers demonstrating
12th MAR: Duma took control and set up the provisional government
15th MAR: tsar blocked out of Petrograd then he abdicated