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Russian Revolution: What were the causes and outcomes of the 1905 Revolution up to 1914? Flashcards

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size and population of Russia

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22 million square kilometres

1815-1914: population went from 40 to 165 milion

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Causes of 1905 Revolution - 7

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-Bloody Sunday
-Russo-Japanese War
-the peasant problem
-economic discontent
-reform problems
-extremism and repr
-agriculture issues

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Extremism&Repression

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Repression
-government censorship -> liberal ideas still existed

-liberals WANTED reforms NOT destroying Russian Regime

Extremism
-denials of free speech -> extremism
e.g: 1881 Alexander ll killed by bomb

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The orthodox church

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-supported the tsar
-deeply conservative -opposed political
change
-some priests sympathised with revolutionaries
-church taught people to be loyal to the Tsar(God’s annointed)

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Initial Russian Economy

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-slow in economic development

-low number of urban workers -> showed russia had not achieved industrialisation

-no effective banking system -> hard to borrow and invest money -> low output

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Agriculture

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-land was too north -> not suitable climate

-too many peasants -> to little fertile land

->although serfs entitled to buy land (after emancipation of serfs) -> prices were too high

->peasants could take loans from government-> would take too long to pay off

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Peasant Problem

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80% of population peasants->governing elite believed they (the ‘dark masses) could only be governed through repression ->scared of them undermining their privileges ->did not provide education for them

Significance -

not enough skilled labour

terrible living standards

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Russian Army - Facts and Weaknesses

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  • large army 1.5 mill men in service

-way to keep the dark masses in check - by recruiting them

-notorious for horrible living conditions and severity of discipline

Weaknesses:
-higher ranks reserved for aristocracy
-45% spending went to army vs 5% education
-Commissions were bought and sold so there was little
room for promotion on merit.

=> weakened army strength

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The Bureocracy

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-most corruption
-used its power to tax people and use them
-law, government, militia in the hands of the bureocrats

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The Reform Problem -Oobstacles to reform, local government reform, legal reform

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Obstacles to reform

-disagreement within the governing elite over Russia’s true character as a nation

-autocratic structure-> change could only come from the top

->if one tsar was more progressive-> the next one could set back progress

Local Gov. Reform
-emancipation of serfs
-zemstvas - elevted rural councils
-mir- traditional village community

legal reforms- aimed to simpify court procedures whose delays led to corruption

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Nicholas reaction to 1905: Russification - its failings

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-restricting influence of non-russian national minorities by emphasizing superiority of russian things

-1890’s : state interference in minorities education, religion, culture

Failings:
-ill judged because russia needed unity to develop

-persecution of 5 mill jews caused many to flee and increased anti-tsarist movements

-Jews formed their own revolutionary union ‘the Jewish Bund’

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Nicholas reaction to 1905: Anti Semitism

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-600 new measurs adopted to impose social, political and economic restrictions on jews
-Russian nationalists ‘the black hundreds’ attacked jews

-no of pogroms(attacks) increased sharply

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Witte Economic Reforms 1893-1903
-The Great Spurt

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-increase in output of coal and oil

-done in military interest

-witte used foreign experts to advise on industrial planning

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Witte Economic Reforms 1893-1903
-State Capitalism

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-witte negotiated large loans and investments from abroad

-encouraged inflow of foreign capital and restricted imports

-adopted gold standard-> created stability and international investment

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Witte Economic Reforms 1893-1903 - Railway Development

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-most foreign capital invested in railways

-trans-siberian railway project

-encouraged labour mobility -> lower unemployment

-boost exports and foreign trade

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Witte Economic Reforms 1893-1903
-Results and Problems

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Results - economic growts
-catching up with foreign powers

Problems:

-made russia too dependent on foreign loans

-neglected the agricultural needs

-negelcted areas such as light engineering

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Opponents to Tsardom - Populists

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-believed Russia’s future was in the hands of the peasants

-some turned to terrorism - the people’s will

-go to countryside to educate peasants on political matters
-killed Alexander II -> made tsar even more repressive

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Opponents to Tsardom - Social Revolutionaries

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-wanted the end of tsardom

-believed in the urban workers

-split into right and left SR’s

-Left SR - terrorists

-Right SR - revolutionaries willing to work with other parties

-largest popular following

-internal disagreements weakened them

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Opponents to Tsardom - Social Democrats

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-aimed to acheive revolution through marxist ideas

-marx predicted that the proletariat would rise against bosses

-split into bolsheviks and mensheviks

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Bolshevik - Menshevik Split

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SD split in 1903
Mensheviks wanted large broad party, Bolsheviks wanted small tight-knight group

-became 2 conflicting marxist parties

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Opponents to Tsardom - Liberals

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Kadets-progressive landlords and entrepreneurs

-most outspoken in dumas

-wanted ending of censorship, trade unions, equality civil rights etc

Octobrists-moderates loyal to the Tsar

-created as a result of october manifesto

-voiced criticisms of tsar but did not want to overthrow system

The Union of Liberation

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Russo - Japanese War - CAUSES, OUTCOME, REASONS FOR DEFEAT

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Causes
-Russian Expansionism
-Need for ice-free port
-to distract from home problems

Outcome
-Loss of manchuria, Korea and Port Arthur

Reasons for defeat
-underestimated japan
-poor strategy
-japan’s readiness, skill and spirit

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Bloody Sunday events and causes

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-Father Gapon wished to lead a peaceful march at the Winter Palace
-Marchers were fired on and charged by cavalry
-Over 200 deaths

Causes:
-Father Gapon wanted a peacefull march to present to Tsar
-horrible working conditions and wages
-guards were cossacks->russians might have reacted differently
-background of peasentry issues, russo japanese war

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Bloody Sunday Significance

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-destroyed nicholas’s reputation -cold blooded murder

-widespread strikes and terrorism against gov officials

-minorities demanded independence

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Potemkin Mutiny
-crew of battleship mutinied at sea ->killed officers and took over the ship - went to odessa where strikes were taking place->thousands killed
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August Manifesto
-tring to appease -promised a state assembly with elected representatives -limited concessions -> brought even more disorder
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October Manifesto
only promised: -legislative duma -freedom of speech,assembly and worship -right of political parties to exist -legalisingtrade unions
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Fundamental Laws
restates tsar's absolute power showed october manifesto were mainly empty words only kept legislative duma every law needed tsars approval duma could be dissolved at any time
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To what extent did the government recover after 1905?
biggest threat to Tsarism ( the working-class militancy and the soviets) had been crushed - won the support of a section of the educated middle-class (the Octobrists) - divided opposition - The armed forces, the nobility and the Orthodox Church had (for the most part) remained loyal - Terrorist groups had rallied to Tsarism’s defense: the Union of Russian People and the Black Hundreds - sign of its renewed confidence was the ruthlessness with which the Moscow Uprising was put down Not fully Recovered: - Duma with a role in law-making process diluted the autocratic principle - peasant disorder remained high. - authorities not in full control of large parts of rural Russia - continuing problems with national minorities (Poles)
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Why did the Tar survive the 1905 revolution?
-support of army -support of churches -protestors disunited and inexperienced
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How significant the the Russian Revolution was the 1905 Revolution
-witte and stolypin structural changes -dumas -first challenge to tsardom
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Stolypin Land Reform-De-revolutionising the Peasantry
-cancelled repayments for land mortgages
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Stolypin Land Reform - The Wager on the Strong
-abandoned inefficient strip system -peasant groupings discouraged and incentives for individual farming -Land bank -provided funds for independent peasants -schemes for large-scale voluntary ressetlment of peansants created
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Stolypin Land Reform - Issues and Difficulties
-needed 20 years for policies to show results -strip system still wide spread -atolypins nectie -hanged revolutionaries more than 3000 -> very repressive -other ministers and even tsar lost faith
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The Industrial Front
1908-1914- increase in industrial output of 8.5% workers not paid well at all weak trade unions and minimal protection for workers large number of strikes pre 1914, and general srike of 1914 showed disatisfaction of workers
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The First Duma, April To June 1906
France gave big loan to russia -> duma couldnt exercise financial control over government ->duma split into 2 -elected lower house and tsar appointed council that could veto
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Vyborg Appeal
-duma members became radical and increased demands for rights of duma -tsar dissolved duma as response -kadets and labourists created the appeal for all people to defy gov (stop paying taxes e.g) -people reacted violenty -vyborg group arrested and disallowed for re-ellections
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Repression Under Stolypin
-martial law proclaimed -distrubance put down by military courts -1906-1911 over 2500 executions
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4.10. The Second Duma, February To June 1907
radical and anti-government stolypin's land project rejected criticised imperial army -> duma dissolved
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Stolypin's Liaison with the Dumas - third duma
understanding with octobrists that allowed him to pursue reforms without obstruction
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. The Third Duma, November 1907 To June 1912
dumas continued because -to keep russia's image as democratic nation -becam dominated by right wings -> less criticism towards tsar DUMA PASSED SOCIAL REFORMS LIKE CHOOLS FOR THE POOR AND NATIONAL INSURANCE FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS
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The Fourth Duma 1912 To August 1914
CRITICISE TSAR, BUT LESS OPENLY THAN FIRST TWO
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How much did the dumas achieve?
First time limiting Tsarist power Long term success of 1905 revolution Third and fourth duma achieved social refom -> showed if duma had more time it would have been influential BUT ACHIEVED LITTLE: just a ‘talking shop’ – a body that said a lot but did very little Everytime duma opposed Tar, the duma was cancelled -> could not achieve much -> could not gain enough popular support to gain power Liaison with the dumas- just a way for Stolypin to push his ideas through -> worked with octobrists Dvisions between socialists and Octobrists in fourth duma
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Repression and disorder in 1914 - Causes
- after Stolypin's assasination -> ministers were incompetent -recessions caused unemployment -increase in strikes from 24 (1911) to 2401 (1914)
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Lena Goldfelds Incident - 1912 - Events, Causes, Significance
Lena gold miners demanded better pay and working conditions employers resistedd and reported them to police police killed large number of miners -> tsar had learnt nothing from bloody sunday
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General strike of 1914 - Events, Causes Significance
July 1914 - strike paralysed st petersburg very violent because police got involved many in duma supported strikers only stopped because of the first world war
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Outbreak of War - Nicholas ll stregths 1914
-october mnifesto appeased revolutionaries without weakening his authority -dumas never became a real threat -liberals would not openly criticise tsar -revolutianry parties to weak to cause threat large potential for economic growth -railways and industry and agriculture tsar thought only 1/5 people oppoed his rule

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