Threats to the tsarist regime

Question 1

Which groups of people were discontented with the tsarist regime

Answer 1

Peasants(wanted more land)
Workers (wanted better conditions)
Liberals (wanted more political freedom
Nationalities (wanted independence from the empire)
Radicals(wanted to overthrow the regime)

Question 2

Which groups of people were supportive of the tsarist regime

Answer 2

The army
The okhrana
Conservatives
The church

Question 3

Who were the peasants

Answer 3

Poor people who believed the answer to poverty was more land

In 1905, peasants unrest had swept through rural Russia, with peasants burning landowners houses
The army had to intervene to end the unrest

In the first WW 15m peasants were conscripted and took some of their crop and horses

Question 4

The town workers

Answer 4

Living and working conditions were horrible:homes were overcrowded.The working hours were long and hard and the factories had harsh rules

Question 5

What happened to workers that went on strike

Answer 5

Owners would sack them or call the police

Question 6

What did the Social Revolutionaries(SRs) want

Answer 6

Wanted a new society based on the peasant commune

Question 7

Who were the social democrats

Answer 7

Followers of Karl Marx
Divided into two groups
Bolshevicks who believed they could lead the workers in the revolution and help create communism on their behalf
Menshevicks-Thought communism in Russia was a long way off because it was not yet industralised