Lead a peaceful demonstration of 200,000 to Winters palace
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What did the demonstration call for?
Reform and an end to the war
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What happened when they reached Winters palace?
The Tsar was not there and the guards opened fire on protesters
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How many were estimated to have been killed?
Around 200
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What were the consequences of Bloody Sunday in January?
Peasants attacked nobles houses and strikes took place
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Why did Major universities close? (January)
Students complained about lack of civil liberties and staged a walk out
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What did workers in industrial cities establish?
A union on unions and demanded a constitutional assembly
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What happened in June 1905?
Sailors on the battleship Potemkin protested against the serving of rotten meat, the captain ordered ring leaders to be shot but they refused and joined the sailors in throwing officers overboard
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What happened in October 1905?
Rail workers went on strike paralysing the Russian rail network
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What did Lenin and Trotsky establish in October 1905?
The St Petersburg Soviet
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What formed over a few weeks in October 1905?
50 Soviets demanding better representation to workers
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What two factors enabled the Tsar to survive the 1905 revolution?
He granted reforms for those who demanded political change and created the October Manifesto which was a large step towards democracy
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What was the October Manifesto?
Promise of freedom of speech, establishment of a Duma and no new laws allowed without consent of the Duma
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Why did the October Manifesto not work?
The voting system was unfair as the rich had more influence, the Duma had little influence over the Tsar and new laws, the first 2 Dumas dismissed for demanding reform and further changes excluded socialists
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How did the October Manifesto split those who opposed the Tsar?
Some thought the reforms addressed demands while others thought they didn't
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What happened in December 1905?
The St Petersburg publically denounced the Manifesto and committee members were arrested
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What happened as a result of them denouncing the Manifesto?
Tsar was able to regain authority
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