1905 revolution

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What took place on the 3rd January 1905?
A strike began at the Putliov Iron Works in St Petersburg. Many of the strikers belonged to Father Gapo's union and his solution was a peaceful march to present a petition to the tsar - this provoked Bloody Sunday and caused it not to be spontaneous.
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What took place on the 9th January 1905?
Father Gapon marched the unemployed and disgruntled St Petersburg people, who were anxious for jobs, decent wages and assurance of electricity supply. The ideas of presenting demands to 'little Father' (Nicholas) was craefully planned.
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Why did Father Gapon carry out the march and petition?
Because he had absolute faith in the tsar to carry out the demands.
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How many marches and processions were there in St Petersburg on Bloody Sunday?
5
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What was Gapon warned to do?
Call off the march, but he naively continued.
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Where did Nicholas II choose to spend the weekend out of precaution near Bloody Sunday?
Tsarkoe Selo, his summer palace.
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How many marched through the streets on Bloody Sunday?
150,000, with many women and children marching alongside their menfolk. They held precious icons, homemade patriotic banners, their crosses and pictures of the tsars, and they kept up spirits by singing hymns.
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What was the weather like on Bloody Sunday?
It was freezing, with snow and ice on the land.
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Where was Gapon leading the march to?
The Winter Palace. All went well until approach of Narva gates - armed tsarist soldiers and Cossacks blocked the road. It was impossible to turn back with densely packed streets, even if Gapon wanted to.
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What ultimately caused the Cossacks to open fire and charge on Bloody Sunday?
The crowds pushing those at the front forward, intimidating the soldiers and Cossacks.
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How many were killed and injured on Bloody Sunday?
200 were killed and 800 were injured/
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How many troops were drafted on Bloody Sunday?
12,000
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What impacts were there from Bloody Sunday?
Homes of the rich were ransacked, shops destroyed and barricades set up in the streets. It sparked an outbreak of rebellion which spread throughout the Empire.
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Other than the Winter Palace, where else did marchers encounter armed guards?
At Troitskyaya Square, near to the Palace, with guards from the Pavlovskii regiment. They also opened fire and killed and injured 150.
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Where did the panicking crowds spread to?
The Winter Palace Square, where more Cossacks, soldiers and guards opend fire. The crowds refused to disperse. Many fell to their knees and crossed themselves but shots were still fired.
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Give an example of when the Cossacks crushed a university uprising.
1901 - mounted Cossacks charged into a crowd of students in St Petersburg, killing thirteen, and in the aftermath 1,500 students were imrpsioned in the Paul and Peter Fortress.
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What became known as 'Stolypin's necktie'?
The use of gallows throughout the years of the Red Cockerel as peasants constantly had to be dealt with.
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How many industrial strikes were there in the towns in 1894 and 1904?
17,000 and 90,000.
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What took place in the Obukhov factory in St Petersburg in 1901?
There were violent clashes between the armed police and Cossacks - such sights became commonplace.
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What is Plehve accredited with?
Encouraging the tsar to respond to a Japanese assult on the Russian far eastern naval base at Port Arthur in January 1904. He said it'd be swift and detract from tide of unrest at home.
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Why did the Russo-Japanese War turn from an intitial surge of anti-Japanese patriotism to opposition to the government?
Becasue the Russians had very little idea of their enemy, or the inadeuqancies of their own forces. Running a war 6,000 miles from the capital was never going to be easy and a series of defeats followed.
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When was Plehve assassinated? What did the crowds do?
July 1904 - crowds in Warsaw turned out to celebrate on the streets.
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What did the Russo-Japanese War bring?
Renewed cries for a representative National Assembly (Duma).
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Who replaced Plehve?
Mirsky
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What took place in November 1904?
Mirsky reluctantly agreed to invite zemstvo representatives to St Petersburg for discussion - however Nicholas would only concede on the expansion of the rights of the zemstvo.
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Why did Russia want to seize Manchuria?
Because it was the only all-year-round ice-free Port.
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What were the origins of the Russo-Japanese War?
Due to the 'drive to the East' and the building of Trans-Siberian Railway to Vladivostock. In 1896 China had allowed additional line to Harbin and in 1898 a spur line added to Port Arthur (granted on 25 year lease to Russia).
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Why did the Japanese not want Russia to have Port Arthur?
Because the expansionist Japanese had briefly held this peninsula in 1895, they objected and began shelling the Russia naval base on the 2nd Janaury 1904.
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How were Japan's ships more advanced than Russia's?
Japan's could travel at 16 knots - compared to 9 knots for Russia. Japan also had 4 new battleships which were more manouverable.
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Why was the Russo-Japanese defeat so humiliating?
As Russia lost to a nation very few had heard of. Russia appeared to be a pushover and incompetent when siging the Treaty of Portsmouth in September 1905.
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Give an example which showed how choatic organisation during the war was.
Ammunition was in short supply and one officer had waited weeks for this to come on train, but it was found to be religious symbols for the soldiers instead.
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What did the war cause?
Strains on the tsars autocracy (all decisions down to him) and shortags of food and fuel, high prices and unemployment.
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