Section A Evidence Flashcards
(40 cards)
Witte put Russia on the gold standard and was the author of the what in 1905?
The October Manifesto
Which was not a Russian class according to Michael Lynch?
- upper
- lower
- middle
- working and peasants
lower
In the 1887 census, the upper class was what percentage of the population?
12.5
In the 1897 census, the peasant class was what percentage of the population?
82
In 1904, who became a key figure in unrest at which steel plant in St Petersburg?
Father Gapon / Putilov
The SD program formed in ____ and was based on the theories of ____?
1898 / Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Lenin published ‘What is to be done?’ in ___?
1902
The Socialist Revolutionary Party (SRs) were led by ____ / focused on ____?
Victor Chernov / agrarian socialist reform
For industrial workers the average working day was how many hours?
10.5
After the 1903 SD split, who led the Mensheviks?
Julius Martov
Tsar’s official number of people killed at Bloody Sunday vs highest estimates…
96 / 4000
At the Battle of Mukden, Russia lost how many men?
90,000
Which ship mutinied and killed its officers in 1905?
Potemkin
During the RJ-W the Tsar increased military spending by what percentage?
50 per cent
List 2 parties that wanted reform along Liberal-Democratic lines, not socialist.
Kadets + Octobrists
The Kadets were led by who?
Pavel Miliukov
The Tsar regretted signing the October Manifesto, saying that he felt “sick with…
… shame at his betrayal of the dynasty.”
Late 1905 the Tsar’s police arrested ______ members of the St Petersburg Soviet.
260
Late 1905 the Tsar’s police shut down…
Socialist newspapers
In late 1905, in reaction to arrests / newspaper closures, the Moscow Soviet…
Blockaded streets, shelled buildings, murdered gov officials
In April 1906 there was a major revision of the 1832…
Fundamental Laws
The Tsar forced the Duma to work with a…
State / Imperial Council
What article have the Tsar power over the Duma?
87
On 8 July, 1906 Nicholas II appointed who as Prime Minister?
Pyotr Stolypin
