causes of the 1905 revolution

7/25/2019 Causes of the 1905 Revolution

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Causes of the 1905Revolution

Tsarism on the brink


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Learning Objective

To investigate the Long, Short an !mmeiate tecauses of the 1905 Revolution


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Long Term

"# 190$ the Russian %eo%le ha become increasingl# iscont&ith the Tsar an his s#stem of government

The %easants &ere iscontente because ' there &ere lan sthe lack of freeom in their lives )ever#thing being controlle*ir+( unfair taation( Large reem%tion %a#ments( lo& grain %a lack of government %olic# for agriculture- Le to increase

The &orkers &ere iscontente because ' factor# conitions there &ere long hours an lo& &ages( isci%line in the factorharsh( the# ha a lack of %o&er ).nions &ere outla&e an thsecret %olice in the factories+- Their living conitions &ere alshigh rents an overcro&ing &ith families here into a singlman# &orkers &ere force to live in ormitories( brea %riceshigh an lo& &ages meant stanars of living &ere ver# %oor


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Short Term causes

/fter 1900 strikes became more violent an freuent ' illegal trs%rang u% an there &as increase stuent o%%osition

The *ile classes began to clamour for %olitical reform ' The &ante basic civil liberties an a re%resentative %arliament- /s an isorer increase, those liberal grou%s &hich &ante moreform got more su%%ort

There &ere more s%eci2c %roblems in 19034$ ' ba harvests ca

famines an %easants began to resist giving the government thThere &as violence in a number of regions

!nustrial slum% ' this cause unem%lo#ment an factor# o&netackle the %roblem b# cutting %rices &hich meant lo&er &ages-strikes-

The efeat in 190$45 mae it even &orse


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!mmeiate causes

Russo6a%anese 7ar ' came into con8ict &ith 6a%an after tr#ing to etenin8uence in the far east- articularl# the# came into con8ict over *anchur:orea-

Short &ar &as seen as being something that coul ivert attention from tof the Tsar- Some blame the *inister of the !nterior )lehve+ for this other&as e 7itte-

There &as little %atriotic su%%ort for the &ar an the nationalities );inns, the %eo%le of the Caucasus &ere %articularl# o%%ose+ an the 6a%anese s

the u%%er hanThe Russians lost ort /rthur to a siege, lost the battle of *uken &here 9

Russians ie as &ell as the humiliating efeat at the battle of Tsushima

There &as a rising in olan in /%ril4*a# 190$ &hich took


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The S%ark

6anuar# 1905 ' a strike broke out at the utilov !ron 7orks in St- eafter four men &ere sacke for belonging to a union )/ssembl# of etersburg ;actor# 7orkers+-

The .nion &as le b# ;ather =a%on, an Orthoo %riest an formeagent- =a%on realise that he &oul have to o something about tsackings or the union &oul lose face an su%%ort- >e organise a&hich calle for ' ? hour a#, freeom to organise unions, better &conitions, %arliament, civil rights an en to the &ar &ith 6a%an

There &as no criticism of the Tsar but the government &ante to meam%le of the emonstrators &ho marche to %resent the %etitio

Tsar

/s the# got near to the 7inter alace soliers suenl# o%ene 2rcro&- Then the cavalr# charge- /t least


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Task

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rogress of the Revolution

;eb 1905 ' easant revolts in :ursks%rea- The# cut o&n forests, tookover farms, burne o&n manorhouses, eecute lanlors- TsarAsuncle &as assassinate b# SRs)=ran Buke Sergius+- Strikes s%reato cities an to&ns that ha not ha

them before- Liberals an the &orkersbegan to &ork together &hich &asalarming for the government-

*arch ' &ies%rea%easant riots took %lacentral an north&e%rovinces- There &erin .kraine, Caucasus

olan an the "alticStates &hich continuthrough the summer

6une ' easant .nion &as set u%- This&orrie the government because itsho&e coorination an this &as a greatthreat to the autocrac#- !t calle for alllan to be o&ne b# the nation an useb# those &ho &orke it- Cit# Council re%smet an su%%orte the emstvo emans-

There &as a mutin# on the battleshi%

otemkin &hich saile to Romania &iththe government reluctant to o an#thingin case the mutin# s%rea

6ul# ' a conference of citemstvo re%s took %lacees%ite o%%osition- Thegovernment &as unable eercise the control the#ha before the revolution

/ugust ' the government gavethe universities the right to runtheir o&n aDairs- This allo&ethem to hol meetings &ithout%olice interference- !t gave

safet# to the revolutionaries onthe cam%uses


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Research time

Eou have ten minutes to rea through the informsheets #ou have been given


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Task one

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