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Seeds of the Russian Revolution. Seeds of Revolution. The following took place all over the Russian Empire: Military Mutinies Worker Strikes Peasant Unrest. Seeds of Revolution - 1905. Nicholas II became Tsar in 1894 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Seeds of the Russian Revolution
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Seeds of Revolution
The following took place all over the Russian Empire:
Military MutiniesWorker StrikesPeasant Unrest
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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
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Nicholas II
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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
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Scenes of Protest
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Scenes of Protest
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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
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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
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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
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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
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