Revolution of 1905
What war do traces of the revolution go back?
What is the Napoleonic wars.
What was Nicholas || lacking?
What is Nicholas lacked the strong will necessary to make absolute rule effective
What did Bloody Sunday take place?
What is January 22, 1905.
What was the Russo-Japanese War?
What is it was a war against Japan for a peace of land called Manchuria
What were these three groups called?
What is Marxists.
Why were soldiers especially nit happy at this time?
What is they became impressed by the western European social and political reforms.
What did Alexander ||| vow to do when he took control of the thrown?
What is he vowed to crush the revolutionaries and reinstate the old autocracy
Where did Bloody Sunday take place?
What is Czar’s palace in Petrograd (St. Petersburg)
Who won the war?
What is Japan.
What were the three political groups that controlled Russia at this time?
What is Marxism, Mensheviks, and the Bolsheviks.
When the officers returned to Russia what did they join to discuss the need for economic reform, constitutional government?
What is secret societies.
What happened when the people were nit satisfied with the reform?
What is radical reformist sects such as anarchists, nihilists, and populists formed, and Alexander II was eventually assassinated by a revolutionist in.
How many workers were in the protest?
What is over 200,000.
What did the people think of the Czar after this lose?
What is they were not happy with him, opposition grew.
What did the Bolsheviks believe?
What is that a small party of professional revolutionaries could use force to bring about a socialist society in the near future.
Why did people have to join secret societies to talk about their government?
What is because you could be jailed or killed for standing up against the crown.
What are three ways Alexander the ||| got rid of the reform his father put in place?
What is
He did not allow a constitution to be created.
He reversed several of his father’s reforms including:
Abolishing autonomy in the schools.
Restored censorship of the press.
Extended the powers of the secret police.
Why were they protesting at the Czar’s palace?
What is to present a petition for reform.
Who was most effected by the lose of the war?
What is Urban workers, middle-class, and peasants.
What did the Marxism believe?
What is the working class, not the peasants would lead the revolution.
What are three ways Alexander || created reform in Russia?
What is
Emancipated the peasants.
Created a new representative local government: zemstvos.
Limited the use and authority of the secret police.
Eased restrictions on the press.
Modernized the judicial system.
Expanded the educational system.
Reorganized the Russian Army.
What happened when Nicholas || (Alexander ||| son) took power?
What is dissatisfaction grew and soon Marxist revolutionary groups began to develop.
What was the Czars response to the peaceful protesters?
What is Nicholas II ordered the palace guards fire into the crowd killing hundreds.
What happened to the Russia economy after the war?
What is the war put immense strain on the Russian economy. It raised food prices, but not wages.
What did the Mensheviks believe?
What is that Russia needed to develop into an industrial state with a sizable working class before a socialist revolution could occur.