the russian revolution (part 2). causes 1905 early 20 c : russian social hierarchy
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TheRussian
Revolution (Part 2)
TheRussian
Revolution (Part 2)
Causes 1905
Causes 1905
Early Early 2020cc: :
Russian Russian Social Social
HierarchHierarchyy
First Stages of First Stages of IndustrializationIndustrialization
An Early Russian Factory
Weak EconomyWeak Economy
1905 Russian Rubles
Extensive Foreign Extensive Foreign Investments & Investments &
InfluenceInfluence
Building the Trans-Siberian RR[Economic benefits only in a few
regions.]
Russo-Japanese War Russo-Japanese War [1904-1905][1904-1905]
The “Yellow Peril”
Russo-Japanese War Russo-Japanese War [1904-1905[1904-1905]]
Russo-Japanese War Russo-Japanese War [1904-1905[1904-1905]]
Russian & Japanese Russian & Japanese SoldiersSoldiers
Russia Is HumiliatedRussia Is Humiliated
Treaty of Portsmouth Treaty of Portsmouth [NH] - 1905[NH] - 1905
President Theodore Roosevelt Acts as the Peacemake
r
[He gets the Nobel
Peace Prize for his
efforts.]
War withWar withJapanJapan
In 1904/05 Russia and Japan fought for control of Korea and Manchuria
The Tsar expected a quick victory
Russia suffered defeats on Land and sea. Japan destroyed the Russian Navy
Tsar becomes more unpopular
Russia is humiliated
Government seen to be weak and incompetent
Conditions for the people get worse
price rises food shortages and unemployment
ResultsBackground
1905 Revolution1905 Revolution
Unrest Among the Unrest Among the Peasants & Urban Peasants & Urban
Working PoorWorking PoorFather Georgi Gapon:
Leader of the Leader of the People OR People OR
Police Police Informer?Informer?
Bloody SundayBloody SundayJanuary 22, 1905January 22, 1905
The Czar’s Winter Palace in St. Petersburg
The The RevolutioRevolutio
n n SpreadsSpreads
BloodyBloodySundaySunday
Jan 1905 200,00 unarmed workers march to the Winter Palace
Demands - Better living and working conditions - end to war - a parliament
Soldiers fire on crowd killing 500
Tsar undermined in the eyes of the people
Support grows for revolutionaries
set off a wave of riots, strikes and murders
Events Results
1905 Revolution1905 Revolution
The BattleshipThe Battleship PotemkinPotemkin Mutiny Mutiny [June, [June,
1905]1905]
• Sailors on the battleship Potemkin were protesting against being served rotten meat – led to captain of the Potemkin ordering leaders of the mutiny to be shot.
• Instead of shooting the mutineers, the firing squad joined the rest of crew and threw the officers overboard.
• The crew sailed out of Russia to Romania, fearing they would be attacked by other Russian battleships, but although ordered to destroy the Potemkin, the sailors on the other ships were unwilling.
The BattleshipThe Battleship Potemkin Potemkin Mutiny Mutiny [June, 1905][June, 1905]
Battleship PotemkinBattleship Potemkin
ExerciseExercise
Do a mind map of the causes of the 1905 Revolution and show links between the reasons.