Nature of government 11 Flashcards
Opposition (workers) (16 cards)
how many took part in a strike at the Morozov due works under Alexander III?
8000, 1885
when was that strike at the Morozov due works?
January 7th to January 17th
how many workers were arrested because of the strike at the Morozov due works?
600, 33 were put on trial
what did the trial that followed the strikes at the Morozov due works highlight?
the appalling conditions at the factory
how did the 1905 revolution start?
a strike at the putilov artillery factory in 1904
By January, how had the 1905 revolution escalated?
150,000 workers from 382 factories took part in sympathy strikes
when did Bloody Sunday happen?
when striking workers marched on the winter palace
how many were killed when the army repressed the revolution? (1905)
14000
when did the February revolution start?
when 100,000 workers at the Putilov artillery works went on strike
by the end on February 1917, how many workers were striking?
500,000
how many soldiers deserted and joined the strike (February revolution)
150,000
what was formed after the February revolution?
the Petrograd Soviet
When did the July days happen?
when a march of 500,000 workers turned into a riot. it was instigated by the soviets
why was there little industrial unrest under Lenin?
as many workers died in the Russian civil war, peasants took over their jobs, but the peasants were ill-educated and ill-disciplined
what increased due to production targets under Stalin?
a rise in worker suicide rates
where did workers riot in 1962, what happened to the ringleaders?
Novocherkassk, executed
