Year 10 Russia Flashcards
Tsar in 1905?
Nicholas II
Population in 1897?
55 mil Russians and 22 mil Ukrainians
What was the socio-economic spread of Russian people in 1900?
80% were peasants;
some were kulaks (prosperous farmer);
the rest were aristocracy.
By how much was the population growing?
50% larger in 50 years.
Attitudes of peasants towards the tsar?
Many supported the tsar because they would go to church and hear the priest say how good the tsar was.
Main cause of discontent in Russia in 1905?
Land; they wanted more as the aristocracy had most of it.
What was the land distribution?
1.5% of Russians owned 25% of the land
Sergei Witte?
Introduced policies that boosted the industrial power of Russia; oil trebled, coal quadrupled.
(Russian) Petitioners?
People who wanted a radical change to governance and set up a petition to change it.
The October Manifesto?
A document that was supposed to improve the conditions and morale of the working class, but didn’t really do anything helpful.
Duma?
The Duma was a government of sorts, that all new laws had to pass through.
What improved after the October Manifesto?
Some peasants became Kulaks (richer) and bought land.
Who came to power in 1905?
Stolypin
5 things they did to try to strengthen Tsarism 1905-1914?
- October manifesto
- The Dumas
- Suppression of political opposition
- Stolypin’s economic reforms
- The fundamental laws
What was Bloody Sunday?
Factory workers marched on the tsar's palace. Soldiers blocked them and were insulted. Soldiers fired on factory workers. 200 were killed. Cossack (horseback) charges.
