InNo+Russia+in+War+and+Revolution+Section+1+liam2013+10.13.10

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my diagram of notes/ stuff for part 1. sorry that it is so blurry but i couldnt really figure out how to scan it in ;)

media type="youtube" key="2BeiYZcGejE?fs=1" height="385" width="480" This Video is a short clip with a breif discription on Tsar Alexander II's Assassination. It Describes in March of 1881, a bomb outside his carriage Exploded at Alex's feet wounding him fatally.

Russia: HUGE!!!! and Very COLD There was only 5% of its land that could be used to farm on. Ruled by **Tsar Nicholas II** ** Russians Ukrainians and Poles were the most common in Russia at the Time **
 * Chapter 1**: **The Russian Empire in 1900**

Tsar Nicholas II was an __**Autocrat** : a monarch that does not have to share power.__ his wife was Alexandra, strong powerful determined woman he had one son, alexis, had uncurable blood malfunction 125 million were being by civil servants,they were being organised like army in Table of Ranks - Collected peoples taxes and made some decisions
 * Chapter 2:** **The Government of Russia**

- Cossacks = fierce soldiers, broke up mobs by killing - Russian Orthodox Church = helped government using teachings to be loyal to government.

**Chapter 3:** **Russian Society**

NOTE: Even though the serfs were freed their lives did not change. Mir: was where the peasants lived. - Food that peasants grew was given to village commune Largest City Capital is St. Petersburg -Rich Russian nobles are extremely rich Tsar Nicholas, head of nobility, owned 8 palaces and 15000 servants
 * Made up most of Russia's population
 * Lived off farming
 * serfs were around
 * Peasants that are slaves of their landlords
 * No rights at all
 * No freedom
 * No land
 * Tsar Alexander II (Nicholas II's grand father) he was the person that had Freed the serfs

the Nobles were about 1% of pop


 * Minister of Finance gave them loans to build factories, cut taxes
 * it was much easier to make/ gain money

Chapter 4:Opponents of the Tsar

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 * **Terrorist attack on Alexander II carriage, steped out unhurt, then a snowball bomb hurled at him exploded. bled to death**
 * **This did not end the autocracy, it only made alexander III and Nicholas II work harder to achieve goals.**
 * **Group called "Peoples Will"**
 * **They were determined to DESTROY AUTOCRACY**
 * ** Okrana : helped patroll what was allowed in news papers and controlled the publics safety. **
 * Secret police force to make sure everyone liked him and that there was no opposition
 * Censored books and newspapers
 * Agents spied on political groups, arrested people who critised government
 * Agents spied on political groups, arrested people who critised government

- This was the Group that opossed the Tsar. - Wanted all land in Russia to be given to the mirs - had the Fighting Organization, which took care of assassinations and terrorist campaigns. - killed three government ministers, dozens of government officials the peasants supported them cause they were beniefiting from this.
 * Socialistic Revolutionary Party**

Followed in the ways of Karl Marx His book was **__Communist Manifesto__**
 * Social Democratic** **Party**
 * **Bolsheviks:** **
 * Believed revolution organized by small group of dedicated and skilled revolutionaries
 * LED BY LENIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**Mensheviks:** ** Believed there should be mass party, as many working class as possible ** it was run in a democratic form of Government
 * banish factories
 * sharing of wealth socialism

3 importatnt Revolutionary groups


 * 1) Socialist Revolutionaries
 * 2) Bolsheviks: believe that skill revolutionaries should be their leader
 * 3) Mensheviks: thought they should vote for the leader


 * Liberals**
 * supported Tsar, but wants him to share power **
 * wanted parliament, but Alexander III does not **
 * Alexander II had plans for them to rise into some form of power, but the next day he was killed and the liberals **
 * are RUINED. **


 * Chapter 5:** **The 1905 Revolution**
 * Russia against Japan in War!
 * Russia thought it would be a quick win but was shut down
 * Sent a huge ship over to japan but was DESTROYED once it touched japanese waters
 * **Battle of Tsushima,** japanese fleet destroyed Russian ships.

= BLOODY SUNDAY! = > >
 * January 22nd,1905
 * 200,000 people marched through St Petersburg to Tsar's winter palace
 * Led by **Father Gapon, he sympath**
 * **this led to riots in the country side**
 * **THIS CAN BE SOURCED TO THE START OF THE REVOLUTION AGAINST THE TSAR.**

__** The 1905 Revolution **__


 * **__Potemkin,__** Crew threw commanders over board in protest.
 * Tsar Nicholas could not trust his armed forces
 * Peasants rebelled, killed landlords, burned farms
 * People that were from different countries took this as an opportunities to declare independence from Russia

**October Manifesto** **-** Russia was allowed to have a duma - **Black Hundreds:** Band of Thugs that took justice into their own hands.

march 1906 the Revolution was oVERR!

**DUMAS**
 * Chapter 6: The Aftermath of the Revolution **

1st duma was around for about 75 days

2nd Duma was started in 1907 contained Liberals, SR's and Social Democrats.

3rd Duma met in 1907 5 years Tsar Changed voting laws.

Famous for Stolypins necktie, it was a way of dealing with terrorists.
 * Peter Stolypin:** was just oppointed to new Prime Minister


 * Rasputain **


 * Nicholas and wife alexandra were involved with him
 * desired to cure their son alexis of his disease (hemophilia)
 * his real name was Gregory Efimovitch
 * There were many storys of how Rasputain was such a terrible man
 * such as raping a run, having an affair with Alexandra

Summary: Russia is a very large and cold place which was nearly impossible to farm on. It was ruled by a Tsar, and ruled under an Autocracy. He Ruled with unlimited power and had the freedom to change what ever he pleased. The Tsar was backed with the Cossacks and Okrana, they were secret police and special military that were there to the Tsars command. The Conditions to live in Russia were terrible, which made people start a revolution. The main event that started the Revolution was Bloody Sunday. In Russia there were 3 Main Political Groups, there were the (SR's). Socialist Revolutionary Party, the Social democratic party which was then made into Bolsheviks and Mensheviks, and the Liberals. Then Rasputian gets involved in the government and starts to secretly push ideas towards The Tzars way.

Questions:

What was the main part of the Social Democratic Party? - Following Karl Marx

What was a Cossak?

What similarities do you see in the control of power with Stolypin, Cossacks, Okrana? to the French Revolution?

Compare and Contrast the Ruling Styles of Napoleon/ King Louis the 16th and Tsar Nicholas? Where they Similar? effective? ( T CHART WORKS BEST)