The reign of Nicholas II and fall of the romanovs- 11ModernHist

modern history 1905 revolution etc - not notes, memorising statistics.

How many nationalities were in the Russian empire in the 1900s

23 different nationalities.

What years did Nicholas II rule for

1894 - 1917

When was the Russo-Japanese war

Feb 1904 - 5th Sep 1905

Who was Sergi witte

the russian minister of finance 1893- 1903. he started progressive reforms that rapidly industrialised russia,

When was bloody sunday

 22nd of January 1905

How many people marched, and how many people died on bloody sunday?

about 150,000 marched. around 1000 killed or wounded.

Month of potemkin mutiny

June 1905

When did general strikes begin in 1905

September

When did Nicholas publish the october manifesto

17 October 1905

How many Russian soldiers and civillians died during WW1

**Almost 2 million Russian soldiers were killed**

* And a similar estimate of civilians perished.

How many Russian People + Soldiers were there compared to Japan (russo-japanese war)

3x Japans population and 5x the military

Housing statistics in 1904

16 ppl/apartment 6/room

how many people made up Russia’s working class (peasants)

90 million

A quote from Trotsky (leader of St.petersburg soviet) on the october manifesto:

“A constitution is given, but the autocracy remains. Everything is given and nothing is given”

who took over the provisional government and when.

The bolsheviks in the october revolution of 1917

What did stolypins reforms achieve (statss)

Peasant land ownership up 30%

Iron+ steel production up 50%

When was the lena goldfields massacre

4/4/1912

How many were killed by soldiers in the lena goldfields massacre

500 dead or wounded (250 died)

When did nicholas replace himself as army commander in WW1

aug 1915

Rasputins impact on the government statistics - how many ministers were replaced at his bequest

Four prime ministers, three war ministers and five interior ministers

Economic cost of WW1 on Russia by 1916

by 1916, the war cost nearly 5x the budget set in 1914

when did the 1917 revolution start and with what event

23 february 1917, 90,000 woman marched in petrograd against the war

how many workers strikes on the 24 feb 1917

200,000 (this grows to 240,000 the next day

What is significant about the change to the protests on the 26 Feb 1917

soldiers join and the potests become violent revolts

When it the provisonal committee/and later governmetn formed.

27 Feb 1917

when does the Tsar approve the prov. gov and begin returning

1 march 1917

when does nicholas ii ABDICATE

3 March 1917

when was rasputin murdered

30th December 1916