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SOCIAL STRUCTURE
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All power rested in the top 12% of the population.
Growing working class (4%) due to Sergei Witte's reforms Peasants = 82% SIGNIFICANCE: All power rested in a very few and given the right conditions a revolutionary situation would occur |
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RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR
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1904-1905
Humiliated Russia to non-European nation May 1905: Defeat at Tsushima |
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WITTE'S REFORMS
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SERGEI WITTE: MINISTER OF FINANCE 1893-1903
Brought about a growth in industrial production. More citizens working in poor conditions - closer together - easy to protest |
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BLOODY SUNDAY
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HUNDRED KILLED in protests calling for better working and living conditions
Significance- People’s perception of the Tsar shattered- He was now seen as a brutal oppressor “Bloody Nick”. Popular outcry (also called the 1905 Revolution) after this event forced Nicholas II to release the October Manifesto - for political reform |
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FUNDAMENTAL STATE LAWS
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Tsar's sovereignty over the Duma is maintained - he has the ability to dismiss the Duma at will
Significance- He raised the people’s expectations with the Oct Manifesto, but when their expectations were not met they lost faith in the Tsar and in the belief that he cared for the people. |
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STOLYPIN
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Land reforms but brutal responsed to opposition "Stolypin's necktie"
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