Causes of the 1905 Revolution (SECTION2)
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- Created on: 29-04-15 15:42
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- Causes of the 1905 Revolution
- Witte's Economic Reforms
- Increased taxation
- Created a larger urban population which caused crowded living conditions
- Transport Industrialisation- Trans-siberian railway would encourage industrialisation
- Global economicrecession
- Peasant Problems
- Emancipation of the serfs 1861
- Growing population and reduced land available
- Increased poverty and poor living standards
- Famins in 1891, 1892, 1898, and 1901
- Growing Political Opposition
- The People's Will
- Social D's led by Lenin, end to Tsar and equality
- SR's wanted end to Tsar, equality
- Liberals- elected gvt end to Tsar
- Milyukov leads 'Unions of Unions'
- Worker's Problems
- Poor working and living conditions
- Poor wages, and not safe working conditions
- Industrial workforce2.6 mil in 2006- overcrowded
- Soviets- Autumn 1905
- General Strike, workers formed elected soviet. Demand for better condition
- Bloody Sunday
- January 22nd 1905
- Father Gapon led protest with petition over end to war and better working condition
- Cossacksshot out 130 dead
- Russo-Japanese War
- Japanese wanted control of Port Arthur, as did Russia
- 1904-1905
- Japanese made surprise attack on Russian forces
- Tsar started a war, lost, underestimated Japanese
- Potemkin Mutiny
- 1905, mutinies in the army and navy
- Poor condition and food, member spoke out and they were shot
- Sailors killed the crew and took control of the ship
- Sailed to Odessa where anti-gov strikes were taking place
- Alexander III Reactionary Policies with no reform
- Russification-National Minorities despised the Tsar for this
- Peasants barred from grammar schools, universities closed
- Newspapers heavily censored
- Conservative policies under Pobdanostev many turned to left wing groups
- Nicholas II incompetent leadership
- Witte's Economic Reforms
- Alexander III Reactionary Policies with no reform
- Russification-National Minorities despised the Tsar for this
- Peasants barred from grammar schools, universities closed
- Newspapers heavily censored
- Conservative policies under Pobdanostev many turned to left wing groups
- Nicholas II incompetent leadership
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