The Collapse Of Autocracy Flashcards
How many students were murdered when mounted Cossacks charged into student crowds in St Petersburg?
13
Uprising in Russia - potentially caused by the great famine - people questioning the competency of government
When was Bloody Sunday, who led the march and how many troops were deployed?
9th January 1904/05
Father Gapon
12, 000
Who was Grand Duke Sergei, was he assassinated and which opposition group killed him?
The Tsar’s uncle
4th February 1905
Socialist revolutionary
Who were the black hundreds and when did they emerge?
Nationalist gang - devoted to ‘Tsar, church and motherland’
Emerged in 1900
Played a major role in crushing the 1905 revolution
When was the mutiny on board the Battleship Potëmpkin? Explain the event was
October 1904
Began over mouldy food rations - seven officers were killed
Sailors waved the revolutionary flag and sailed to Odessa, where they placed a dead sailors body at the Potëmpkin steps
Townsfolk arrived to pay respect and show solidarity - troops opened fire - 2000 killed and 3000 injured
What were some of the reasons why Russia were defeated in the Russo Japanese war?
Russia has little idea of their enemy
Didn’t appreciate the extent of their own inadequacies
They engaged in a war 6000 miles away from their own capital
Why was order No.1 seen as ‘revolutionary’?
It explained how soldiers should obey only the Duma
It was slowly transferring power over the soldiers from the Tsar to the Soviets
Why was order No.1 seen as ‘revolutionary’?
It explained how soldiers should obey only the Provisional government when it agreed with the Soviets
When did the Russo Japanese war begin?
When did it end?
1904 - 1905
