U3O1 Flashcards

(55 cards)

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Russian empire size

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8000km east to west
3200 km north to south
1/6 of worlds total land mass

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how many ethnic groups

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170
great Russians = 44.3%
Ukrainians = 18%
poles = 6%
Belorussians = 4.5%

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russia pop expanding

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40 mill in 1815
95 mill in 1890
165 mill in 1914

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wealth disparity

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nobles 1% but owned 25% of land

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5
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middle class size 1897

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0.5%

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peasant %

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approx 80%

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what did all major western eu countries have some form of at beginning of 20th century (except Russia)

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democratic or representative government!

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army spending

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45% of annual gov expenditure
(only 4% on education)

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land that fell into dissuse after emancipation of peasants

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1/4

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10
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coal production compared to GB

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5% less than GB
25% of coal had to be imported

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num of measures introduced to persecute jews

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600

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12
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coronation stats

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100,000 went
1,389 died

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witte investment in industry

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1890 = 60 mill rouble
1900 = 430 mil rouble
616% increase

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witte improve train tracks

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amount of track tripled
total mileage increased by 46%

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witte increase foreign investment

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2.5 mill in 1893 to 2.2 bill in 1913
8700% increase

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16
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witte increase trade schools

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8 schools 1894 -100 schools 1904
literacy ↑ 20% 1890 - 38% 1914

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17
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witte GDP increase

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↑ 96.8% 1898-1913
(GB =40%, Ger=84.2%)

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18
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witte industry increase

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oil ↑ 1840% 1880-1916
grain ↑ 88% 1880-1916
coal ↑ 956% 1880-1916

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19
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witte problems - foreign debt

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30% of all investment came from abroad

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20
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witte problems - increased tax

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5% of crop to 15% of crop for peasants

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21
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witte problems - consumption

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consumption levels dropped 25%

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22
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witte consequences - strikes

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num suppressed by mili ↑
19 in 1983 - 522 in 1902

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witte consequences - poor wages

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1908-1914
inflation = 40%
but wages increase 7%

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university students expanding

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5k in 1860 to 69k in 1914

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slaughter of students
march 1901 3000 protested 13 killed 1500 imprisoned (50%)
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how many ppl at formation of social Democratic Party 1898
only 9 ppl (all were arrested after meeting ended)
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Bolshevik party stats
btw 5k and 10k 1905-1914 25k in Feb 1917 best prepared to seize power
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discontent among workers stats
-11.5 hr working days - russian workers = lowest paid in Europe - strikes in early 1900s - groups of 15-20k first mention revolution
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consequences russo JPN war
economy ↓ wages decrease by 25%
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end of 1904 factory workers
6000 members assembled and aimed to support local workers and industrial reform
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early jan 05 strikes
1000s of workers on strike (120,000 by early jan 05)
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Bloody Sunday stats
- 150000 peaceful protesters - reported that 4600 ppl killed or wounded - actually it was 200 killed 800 wounded
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strikes after bloody sunday
end of jan 1905 = 400,000 workers in strike in st. P alone
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soviet called strike after Bloody Sunday
nationwide general strike → approx 1.5 mill strikes across Russia
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peasant damage 1905
3000 manor houses destroyed destroyed 15% of Russias total
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army putting down peasants 1905
2700 occurrences where army was used to suppress peasant revolts
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peasant union initial members
200,000
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military mutiny June 1905
14 June 1905 battleship Potemkin in Odessa sailors turned on officers killed 7/18 officers
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1906 peasant revolts (after October Manifesto)
- reduced land seizures and unrest in SOME areas - Yet Tampa region = 130 noble estates destroyed
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army reaction to oct manifesto and suppression of peasant land seizures
200 mutinies btwn oct-dec 1905 > military reforms - pay increases - term goes from 7 to 5 years for sailors - Better rations
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authorities crush workers movements 1905
3rd dec = police storm st P soviet HQ - 260 deputies + Trotsky arrested
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Moscow workers uprising
7th December 1000s killed suburbs ruined from street fighting
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wave of violence oct 05 - apr 06
5k executed 4500 deported
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significant oct manifesto
1st time Russian ppl had been promised political rep and important step to citizens not subjects
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electoral system of oct manifest X representative
- allowed for men over 25 to vote but only landowners with over 200 hectares could directly vote - peasants indirect vote - more than 60% of urban workers excluded - soldiers and women unable
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article 87 fundamental laws
tsar could dismiss the duma and legislate on his own under exceptional circumstances
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first duma stats
- duma of public anger - 38% peasants with no party affiliation/37% cadets/20% trudoviks (SR breakaway from SRs) - criticise the gov on 391 occasions - Nic decided to dissolve after 73 days
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second duma stats
- more radical - 287 bills put forward but 3 put in place - lasted 102 days
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third duma stats
- duma of the lords and lackeys - changes to electoral system so more compliant and conservative duma - only 1 in 6 males could vote - octoberists largest party with 154 seats - 2571 bills passed
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lena goldfields massacre and unrest that followed
- 12th April 1912 - miners on strike - 500 shot - 250 killed - 6000 strike next 2 years = 3 mill workers stage 9k strikes 1914= 2400 strikes with pol demands
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stolypins excecutions
1906-1913 = 3376 ppl executed for 'terrorist' or rev activities
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results of stolypin reforms
- almost 2 mil peasant families leave mir to farm independently - 15% of pop > Kulaks - 3 mil accept gov offers of land and aid and moved to Siberia - number of primary schools doubled 1906 -1913
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stolypin reforms
agrarian reform act - land (peasant land bank and system of credit) - social (aid offered and primary school) - industrial (max working day shortened)
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limits of stolypins reforms
only 105 of pop able to benefit conservative peasants reluctant urban migration continues stolypin dies and reforms aren't carried out effectively
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