Causes of the revolution of 1905
Tsar Nicholas i's son
Who was Tsar Alexander ii?
A group that believed Russia needed to develop into an industrial state with a larger working class before a socialist revolution could happen
Who where the Mensheviks?
Location of The royal palace
Petrograd (St. Petersburg)
The mystic healer that the Russian queen was dependent on
Who was Rasputin Grigori?
3rd event (march 16)
the Czar abdicates and ends the 300 year long Romanov dynasty
A representative local government created by Tsar Alexander II
What is zemstvos?
a group that believed the working class, not the peasants would lead the revolution
Who were the Marxists?
an advisory council created by Nicholas ii to appease strikers
what is the duma?
government ruled by one person with unlimited authority
What is an autocracy/dictatorship?
Nicholas ii's moderate reformist brother
who was prince Mikhail?
Alexander ii's fate
What was the assassination of 1881?
a state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority.
What is anarchy?
Granted civil rights to citizens and allowed for the duma to have the power to make laws
what was the October manifesto?
Elites siding with peasants in political opposition to the Czar
what was a dissident elite?
the first event (march 8th)
When did 100,000s men and women marched on Petrograd?
Alexander iii' son
who was Nicholas ii?
a group that believed a small party of professional revolutionaries could use force to bring about a socialist society in the near future
Who were the Bolsheviks?
War in which Russia fought over Manchuria with Japan
what is the The Russo-Japanese war?
Cause of the severe political crisis in 1917
What was the ineffective Russian government?
the second event (March 11-12)
Soldiers ordered to put down the protest refused to fire on the crowd and many join the protestors in their fight
Creators of Marxism
Who were Karl Marx and Freidrich Engles?
anti-Bolshevik forces who participated in the Russian Civil War
Who was the white army?
the 1905 event that preceded the revolution in which peaceful protesters were killed by palace guards
what is bloody Sunday?
Motivations that unified the Russian people
Anti-war, Anti-Czar, and Socialism
elected leader of the provisional government
who was Alexander Kerensky?