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16 Cards in this Set
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Trudovik |
Labour group, moderate socialists concerned with rural issues |
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Witte |
Prime minister during Nicholas’ reign, persuaded the Tsar to issue the October Manifesto |
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Guchkov |
Leader of Octobrists, insisted that post-1905 Russia was not an autocracy, attacked Rasputin’s influence |
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Stolypin |
Interior Minister, brought in court martials and repression |
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Tsar Nicholas II |
Leader of Russia, considered ‘weak’ before taking the throne |
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Tsarina Alexandria |
Wife of Nicholas II, German origins and critical of Russia |
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Rasputin |
Priest used by Tsar to help with his son’s haemophilia |
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Prince Lvov |
Head of Zemstvo Union and PM during some of Provisional Govt |
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Fundamental Laws |
Nicholas kept power Important areas of authority led by Tsar alone Could proclaim new laws without Duma and could dissolve it at will Introduced a counterpoint to the Duma (Imperial State Council) |
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First 2 Dumas |
Duma called for full democratisation of Russia and amnesty for political detainees Tried to revolt via Vyborg Manifesto but members arrested |
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Lena Goldfields Massacre (April 1912) |
Workers struck for less hours and better standards 100 killed by soldiers |
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Stolypin - Repression |
Court Martials Trials held in secret Death sentences within 24 hours of verdict |
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Stolypin - Land reforms |
Open field strip farming Every peasant could turn their communal land into private property Small farms could only be created after a vote |
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Triggers of February Revolution |
Town and countryside unrest Petrograd general strike Failures in war |
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Progressive Bloc |
300 Duma members in summer 1915 formed Progressive Bloc Unified government |
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Russia in WW1 |
Munitions crisis Disorder in the army Could not get supplies June offensive failed |
