Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The October Manifesto-1905
- Bloody Sunday
- Russia waged war
on Japan and lost.
- Caused many
strikes,
demonstrations,
mutinies and
assassinations
- The Tsar's troops opened
fire on peaceful protesters
- The open fire
caused lots of
people to lose
faith in the
Tsar
- Seemed that the Tsar only cared about his power, not the people
- Liberalisation
- Freedom of Speech
- More freedom was given
- Newspapers
and Magazines
flourished
- The Duma
- Members of Parliment
- Chosen by the Tsar-
votes were fixed
- They were able to
criticise, but had no
real power.
- The Tsar
- Hated the fact Autocracy was in danger
- Thought it was a God-given
duty to pass it to his son
- Stolypin
- Prime Minister- killed
thousands of 'terrorists'
- Okrana
- The Secret Police
- Ordered by the Tsar to kill anyone who was seen as a 'terrorist'