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1905 was a dress rehearsal
for 1917
Vladimir Lenin
Today you will…
• Be able to identify and explain the causes of the 1905 revolution.
• Be able to describe the main events of ‘Bloody Sunday.’
Causes of the 1905 Revolution
Forces from inside Russia:• Government reactions to protests and Bloody
Sunday.• No reforms for peasants or workers.• Raising taxes to pay for the war with Japan.• Lack of freedom.• Appalling working conditions in factories.• Lack of food and fuel in the cities.
Causes of the 1905 Revolution
Forces from outside Russia:
• Ideas of Karl Marx.• Military failures in the war.• Ideas from Western Europe about
democracy.
The 1905 revolution
War withJapan
In 1904/05 Russia and Japan fought for control of Korea and Manchuria
The Tsar expected a quick victory – thought it would increase his popularity
Russia suffered defeats on Land and sea. Japan destroyed the Russian Navy
Tsar becomes more unpopular – people feel it is unjustified
Russia is humiliated
Government seen to be weak and incompetent
Conditions for the people get worse
price rises food shortages and unemployment
ResultsBackground
Battleship Potemkin
The 1905 Revolution
Bloody Sunday
Jan 1905 200,00 unarmed workers march to the Winter Palace
Demands - Better living and working conditions - end to war - a parliament
Soldiers fire on crowd killing 500
Tsar undermined in the eyes of the people
Support grows for revolutionaries
set off a wave of riots, strikes and murders
Events Results
Father Gapon
Results of 1905 Revolution• The October Manifesto - • promise of freedom of speech, right to form political
parties • Establish a Duma• No new laws without consent of the Duma• Broken Promises• Voting system was unfair rich had more influence than the
poor• Duma had little influence over the Tsar and new laws• First two Dumas were dismissed for demanding reforms• Further changes introduced to excluded socialist
Why did the Revolution fail?
• Most of the armed forces stayed loyal to the Tsar
• October Manifesto divided the opposition• The workers strikes and the peasants uprisings
were not co-ordinated• No clear leader for the opposition
Russia 1906 - 1914
• The Rule of Stolypin
• Aim of stability
• 1. Repress the revolutionaries
• 2. Introduce reforms to improve living conditions
• 1911 - Stolypin assassinated
Results of Stolypin’s actions
• 1. Great reduction in activities of the revolutionaries
• 2. Richer peasants (Kulaks) now run farms for profit
• 3. Kulaks now loyal to Tsar• 4. Cities have more food• 5. Conditions for some workers improve though
many remain discontented. 1912/14 many strikes• 6. Revolutionaries like Lenin learn to adopt new
more tactics