1st Nov 1894
What was when Nicholas II ascends to theRomanov Throne/
On advice from Witte, the Tsar agreed to legal, civil and political reforms; the most significance of these was a representative parliament (Duma).
What was the October Manifesto?
WWI one starts.
What was August 1917?
•A series of bitter strikes at the this steel works about wages, hours and rising prices culminates in a lock-out by the employers. 20 thousand angry workers
What was the Putilov Steel works?
Lenin returns from exile and offers these two slogans
Peace Land and Bread
All Power to the Soviets.
What was the April Theses?
24th Oct (Nov 6) Trotsky distributes arms to_______
Who were the Red Guard?
Father Georgy Gapon writes a petition to the tsar seeking ‘truth, justice and protection’ and demanding improved working conditions and a democratically-elected Duma.
What was Bloody Sunday (January 1905)?
April 1906
What was the Fundamental Laws?
Russian armies early defeated ( 18th Aug 1914) and (2nd of Sept.)
What were Tanneberg and Masurian Lakes?
February 23 (March 8), 1917: On this date
This group joined by locked out Putilov workers
What were women and International Women’s Day?
Kerensky as minister of war called for a new offensive
Unsuccessful!
What was the June Offensive (16th)
25th of October At 9.00 pm the_______ fired a shell to signal the start of the takeover of the Palace! The Bolsheviks marched on the Palace …
What was the cruiser Aurora?
By the end of Jan, 400,000 workers on strike. Newspapers flout censorship and publish criticism of the Tsar. Peasants attacks on landowners’ property increase. Russian garrison at Port Arthur surrenders to Japanese Rebellion in Poland, The Ukraine, Finland. Munities in several places.
What was the 1905 Revolution?
The second Duma lasted for five months. It was dissolved when members began promoting revolutionary organisations within the army.
Too radical for the liberal Octoberist and the Tsar.
What was 1907 (February to June) ?
The Tsar was now personally associated with continued defeats, while domestic matters were controlled by the German-born Tsarina, who was in the league with Rasputin
What was the Tsar takes charge of the Army (Sept 1915).
Ist of March Munity Spreads to Moscow
•Munity also spread to the naval base at ________
•The Petrograd Soviet asserted its power with this.
What were Kronstadt and Soviet Order 1.
Angry workers joined the soldiers from the Petorgrad garrison and 20,000 armed sailors from the Kronstadt naval base set up their own government in defiance of the P.G. – Chernov, the social revolutionary leader was nearly lynched who was saved by Trotsky.
What was the July Days?
25th of October Workers, Soldiers, Sailors, Red Guard storm the __________ and he escapes by doing this.
What were Winter Palace, Kerensky and dress as a cleaning woman?
Embarrassing defeat at the hands of the Asian power, with almost complete destruction of the fleet; the Tsarist regime lost credibility.
What was Defeat at the Battle of Tsushima in south-east Asia Russo-Japanese War? (May 1905)
1906- 1912 This cancelled peasant redemption payments and allowed private land ownership, to enhance peasant loyalty to the regime.
What was Stolypin's reforms?
Minister Sukhomlinov
Who is the corrupt War Minister?
27th of February Mutiny of many Petrograd garrisons. Strikers seize rifles, open prisons. Remaining loyal troops attacked.
Petrograd Soviet of Workers, sailors and Solders were formed. Meets in at this palace the same place where the Duma meets.
What was the Tauride Palace?
He wanted to get rid of the socialists, he hated Lenin and the Soviets and had not fully accepted the February Revolution. The event was name after him.
Who was Kornov? Kornov Affair August 1917
What were the 26th of October and the Second Congress of the Soviet?
Umbrella group representing five different trade unions, 96 factories and more than 200,000 workers was formed in 1905.
What was the St Petersburg Soviet?
The incident caused outrage in Russia and around the world. It revived memories of the 1905 ‘Bloody Sunday‘ shootings, the brutality of the tsarist regime and its willingness to unleash violence against civilians.
What was the Lena River Massacre (Feb 1912)
Inflation skyrocketed, food was scared, and the transportation system collapse
Revolutionary discussion and activity rose, mutinies in the military increased
What was long involvement in WWI? (1916-1917)
Nicholas abdicates in favour of his brother _____ on this date.
What was Mikhail and 2nd March 1917?
Problem of Dual Authority.
What was the Provisional Government shared power with the Petrograd Soviet (Soviet Order Number 1) meaning the PG could not do anything without the PS support.
What were
Red Guard
Throne Room
Symbols of the Romanov Dynasty
Red the for those who had died
Looking up and light coming in representing.