Seeds of the Russian Revolution

Seeds of Revolution

The following took place all over the Russian Empire:

Military MutiniesWorker StrikesPeasant Unrest

Seeds of Revolution - 1905

Nicholas II became Tsar in 1894 In 1905, about 100,000 Russians meet

outside the Tsar’s Winter Palace in St. Petersburg

They asked for Nicholas II to appear so he could be presented with a petition

Nicholas II

Nicholas II

The police were told to break up the protesters

The police open fire and charge the protestors on horseback

Death toll ranges from several hundred to several thousand

Scenes of Protest

Scenes of Protest

Russo-Japanese War

Russia also loses the Russo-Japanese War in 1905 Fought over Russian and

Japanese imperialism in Manchuria

Under pressure, Nicholas II allows a Constitution to be written in 1905

Nicholas II also creates a Parliament, called a Duma

Failure of the Duma

The Duma allows many political parties to come to power

Nicholas II repeatedly dissolves the Duma and calls for new elections

Assassinations and terrorism plagues Russia Between 1906-1909 revolutionaries killed 7293

people, many of whom were government officials

Petr Stolypin

Nicholas II tells his Prime Minister Petr Stolypin to take care of the problem of assassintaions

Stolypin creates quick military trials for suspected terrorists

Those guilty are hung; thousands die

Stolypin is assassinated in 1911

World War I – Effect on Revolution

WW I is a disaster for Russia

Caused inflationCaused food shortages5 million Russian

casualties (soldiers were sent to the front with no guns)

In Nov. 1916, the Duma warns Nicholas II that he needs a constitutional gov’t