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AIM: What were the causes and effects of the Russian Revolution in 1905
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AIM: What were the causes and effects of the Russian Revolution in 1905. Ms. McMillan Global IV February 28, 2012. REVIEW. Russia was ruled by an absolutist Tsar Censorship Secret police Tried to block revolution Society Strict social classes still existed Middle class had no power - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Ms. McMillanGlobal IV
February 28, 2012
AIM: What were the causes and effects of the Russian Revolution in 1905
1. Russia was ruled by an absolutist Tsar1. Censorship2. Secret police3. Tried to block revolution
2. Society1. Strict social classes still existed2. Middle class had no power3. Poor peasant class who feared reform
3. Urban problems1. Some industry in the cities2. Long hours/low pay for city workers3. Slums filled with poverty and disease
4. Diversity and Nationalism1. Vast empire with many ethnic minorities2. Tsar attempted to Russify all Russia
REVIEW
1. On Sunday, January 22, 1905, a march occurred in St. Petersburg.
2. The peaceful marchers hoped to convince the tsar for reform.
3. Nicholas II, fearing an uprising, called in soldiers.
4. The soldiers shot and killed many of the marchers.
5. “Bloody Sunday” destroyed the people’s faith and trust in the tsar.
6. After Bloody Sunday, strikes and revolts exploded across Russia’s cities and countryside.
Bloody Sunday
1. Low spirits after defeat in 1904 war with Japan
CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION
Russia is Humiliated!
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Acts as the Peacemake
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He gets the Nobel
Peace Prize for his efforts.
Treaty of Portsmouth
2. Poverty and bad working conditions.
CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION
An Early Russian Factory
3. Corrupt Government
CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION
4. Persecution of minority groups
CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION
Russian Cossacks Slaughter The People in Odessa
5. “Bloody Sunday” killings
CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION
In the face of this chaos, Nicholas made some changes!
He agreed to reforms and promised to grant more rights, such as freedom of speech….
However, these changes did little to relieve peasant and worker discontent.
Where there any reforms?
1. The “October Manifesto” – Tsar Nicholas II announced reforms and new freedoms.
Civil liberties Freedom of speech Freedom of assembly No laws to be introduced without the
agreement of the Duma
RESULTS OF THE REVOLUTION
2. Nicholas II set up the Duma, which must approve all laws. However, the Duma had no real power! (No legislative power; could only advise.)
RESULTS OF THE REVOLUTION
3. Nicholas II dissolved the first Duma when leaders criticized the government!
RESULTS OF THE REVOLUTION
At their first meeting, members of the Duma put forward a series of demands including the release of political prisoners, trade union rights and
land reform. Nicholas II rejected all these proposals and dissolved the Duma.
4. Pogroms continued
RESULTS OF THE REVOLUTION
These refugees, photographed in
the port of Liverpool in May
1882, were among the first of the
estimated 2 million Jews who
left Russia between 1881 and 1914, mostly for
the United States.
5. New voting laws limit power of later Dumas.
RESULTS OF THE REVOLUTION
Peter Stolypin, chairman of the Council of Ministers (1906 - 1911), restricted the voting
franchise which lessened the voting power of the peasants and working classes. His goal
was to limit the number of radical left deputies and increase Octobrist Party
representation so that it could provide a solid base of support
for the government in the Duma.
