The Russian Revolution - starting from 1905

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What was Blloody Sunday?
In 1905, 15,000 unarmed demonstraters went to the Winter palace to give the Tsar a petition - army opened fire, killing 200 wounding 800
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What happened in Febuary 1905 in retaliation of Bloody Sunday?
Strikes - 400,000 striked in Russia. This impacted the industry
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What was the Potemkia Munities?
A Russian Army Ship overthrown the officals and went to Romania due to its nutral country.
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When was the General strike of 1905 and how many people striked?
Between September and October. 2.7million people stricked by the end. It started with Moscow printers walking out, due to working coniditons; on the 10th of Ocotber the railway walked out - the network came to a holt and spreaded the strikes.
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What was the October Manifesto 1905?
The Tsar promised an elected national parliament; all classes can vote; freedom of speech, religion and civil rights - pleasing the Liberals .
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December Uprising?
1905 - An armed uprising in Moscow - 1000 peope died due to the Okharana and it lasted 9days
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Fundamental laws?
1906 - Created a national government, but Article 87 gave the Tsar the rihts to govern by decree- ignore parliament.
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When and what did the First Duma do?
April 1906 - wanted land reform - nobility give land to peasants, amnesy for all political detains and more political involvement. It dissolved after 73 days - made peasants legal owners of their plots of land within the framework of their communes.
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What happened in the Second Duma?
1907 - Stolypin wanted his land reforms, so dissolved the Duma also becaus they were accused of encouraging mutinies, scrapped 1905 Electoral Law and replaced it with a new one - limitng peasants representaion. Violation of the Fundamental law.
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Third and Fourth Duma?
1907 - 4th Duma lasted Until December 1917 - 30th of wealthiest men culd vote and the Duma was stripped of it's powers - turning it into a consultative body.
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Stolypins reforms?
Gulas brought around, Field Courts convited 16,500 of political crimes - 3600 to death, 4500 to Labour camps, gave peasant land banks; Redemption payment abolished;trials in secret; no representation of a lawyer; no appeals against Veridcts allowed.
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The Lena GoldFields Massacre 1912?
Workers striked against pay and off meat at work - they wanted an 8hour day and medical care approvements and 30%wage increase. 90 soldiers oepened fire killing 600 wounding 200.
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WW1?
1914 - Failures - Great Retreat 1915 - 7mill killed or wounded - 1 million taken prisoner; 1915 Munitions crisis - Britain & USA late on arms; inflation rised; transport problems - military traffic, food supplies.
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Progressive Bloc & Zemgor?
1914 - Zemstva across Russia formed Zemstva Union to undertake war relief work but Union of towns took up similar work - they both joined and contributed 5% of Wartime work.
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Febuary Revolution?
23rd feb - international womens day, textiles sriked, joined by male engineering factories. 24th -Texitile workers strike spread, 200,000 striked; 24th feb student&factory workers strike with banners; 26th feb- amy set in to arrest 27th taken over
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Provisional Committee?
Set up to establish a new goverment on the day the Garrisnn mutinied
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Petrogad Soviet?
founded by socialist intellectuals, elected by soldiers but didnt want to run the gov
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Order Number 1?
The garrison was subordinate to the soviet; declaring the orders of the provisional committee were only to be obeyed if they did ot conflict with those of the soviet
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