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Causes of 1905 Revolution (Russia)
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A-Level History (Russia) Mind Map on Causes of 1905 Revolution (Russia), created by Danni_E on 04/04/2014.
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Causes of 1905 Revolution (Russia)
Military
Russian Imperial Army and Navy suffered embarassing defeats
Forced to surrender Port Arthur
Japanese Army defeated Russia in Manchuria
Battle of Tsushima
Russian Navy lost 25 out of 35 warships
Political
Frequent Jacqueries
Peasant attacks on Govt. record buildings
Overcrowding in cities and towns
Due to rapid industrialisation
Lack of national assembly and opposition to autocracy
Growth of political opposition groups
Lacked organisation
Wanted different results
Protest led by Father Gapon to take petition to the Tsar
Resulted in 200 protesters being shot dead
Survivors were exiled from St Petersburg
Bloody Sunday
400,000 workers went on strike in February
Soviets
Workers councils, set up to organise protests
St Petersburg Soviet had 400 members
Represented 96 factories
Leon Trotsky was a key member
Railway workers strike
Paralysed the country
Social
There were social injustices
80% of the population peasants were living in poverty
Rapid Population Expansion
98 million (1885) increased to 125 million (1905)
Became harder for peasants to grow enough food
Economic
Emancipation
More serfs competing for land
Led to decrease in the size of peasant landholdings
Harvest failures
Famines Common
1892, 1898, 1901
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