1894-1905 Flashcards
(11 cards)
pol authority after a111
’ maintain the principle of autocracy as firmly as my unforgettable father’
1881 statute of state security
autocracy
refuses const power
denounces zemstvas ‘senseless dreams’
const assembly allowed but means nothing
SR opposition
2000 + assassinations
murder grand duke serge - taras uncle in feb 1905
SD opposition
marxist SDs encourage workers strikes and new opposition groups
1899- 100,000
liberals
making demand streaks- after war in peace treaty call for ‘ union of unions ‘
how Nicholas deals with opposition
okhrana, tightened censhorip - arrests, executions
bloody Sunday
9 jan
loss of ‘little father’ seen as fatal betrayal
200 dead 800 injured
ruthless oppression - were still loyal just wanted rights
signs ‘ let us be equal let us be free’
trigger for rev
1905 rev failure
army remained loyal - put down protests/ demonstrations
opposition disunified = little success
repression of okhrana 1903- 1906
oct manfieso = concessions to get liberals back on board, breathing space
peasant discontent
poor living conditions , 1900 recession = 1902 and 1903 peasant revolts
many moved to cities = radicalised
breeding grund for opposition
wittes industrialisation Brought extra taxes
workers discontent
tried to control through zubatov trade unions - 1903 organised strike leads to general strike = dismissed
factory workers huge strikes on Moscow and st Petersburg strike
1905 putilov engineering works - 100,000
St. Petersburg Soviet formed - coordinated the general strike on 20 oct
russo-japenes war
Nicholas hopes to unite nation with victory
baltic fleet travels 180,000 miles under equipped and undertrained - failure battle of mukden then failure of Tsushima - worst naval fleet
later in 1905 mutiny of battleship Potemkin
