Zusammenfassung der Ressource
1905 Revolution Causes Continued
- Russo Japanese War 1904-5
- Russia expanded its
empire over the Far East
- Conflict w/ Japan over
control of Northern China
and Korea
- Seized Port Arthur and
sank Russian fleet
- Contribution
- Caused humilation
- Despair turned
to anger
- Highlighted weaknesses
in Tsarist system
- Working class conditions
worsened
- Food supplies broke down
- Factories closed
- Shortage of raw materials
- Undermined support
for Tsar
- Prolonged revolution
- War events took place
after revolution
- Angered working class
- Resources bypassed
cities to borders for army
- Was Tsar to blame?
- Ultimately Tsar's decision to enter war
- Worsened Russia's state
- Plehve could be to blame
- Evidenced by
assassination 1904
- Tsar did it with
good intentions
- Nationalities and Ethnic Minorities Anger
- Russification policy
- Aimed to re-establish unity
- 1885 - official lang.
- 1881 - Empire had 200
nationalities under
Russification
- Contribution
- Caused resentment/anger
- Wanted to preserve
own nationality
- No constitutional means to
voice anger
- Resorted
to revolution
- Any support for national minorities was seen
as support for weakening Russia's true identity
- Pogroms
- Anger from Jews
- Jews, Poles, Fins etc wanted
autonomy and independancce
- Was Nicholas to blame?
- Not done under his control
- Made no attempt to change
- Peasant Anger
- Emancipation Act 1861
- Was not as freeing as hoped
- Restricted to mir
- Redemption Payments
- Bad land
- Increasing peasant
population put pressure on
land
- Suffered periodic famines
- Poor harvests 1900 + 1902
- Effects of industrialisation
- Low wages
- High taxes
- Bad
conditions
- Contribution
- No choice but to
react with violence
- Wasn't given
concessions
- 1902-4 uprisings ('jacqueries')
became more frequent
- Attacked govt
officials and
destroyed unpaid rent
documents
- Tsar to blame?
- Inherited discontent with position
- No attempts to help
- Opposition Groups
- Liberals
- Political change with an elected
duma
- Revolutionaries
- Social Rev.
- Peasant rev to create socialism
- Social Dem.
- Urban working
classes to stage
rev. and create
Communist state
- Contribution
- Alexander III repressed
all opposition
- E.g. censorship of liberal ideas
- Anger/unrest
- Were denied all
basic freedoms
- E.g. freedom to form political parties
- Tsar to blame?
- Reforms under
Alexander III reign
- Nothing to
reverse these
reforms
- Exiled took advantage after Bloody Sunday
- Helped to provoke revolution