In the Revolution of 1905‚ Russians gained new political freedom. However‚ Russia was still plagued with problems. The famine from previous years still raged on. In 1914‚ Russia joined World War I. To pay for the war‚ Russia raised taxes‚ secured foreign loans‚ and printed more money. This combined with many other factors‚ left the people of Russia wanting change. They needed the government to change‚ the famine to end‚ and economic stability. The Russian people wanted the government to change. There
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How far do you agree that the condition of the peasants was the cause of the 1905 revolution? By Samantha Whiting Introduction The Russian revolution was sparked of by a number of factors social‚ economical‚ political. I believe some of these factors were the root cause and some were contributors I believe they all contributed in their own ways and some contributed more than others and leading to a potential revolution in Russia. Russia had a weak economy‚ the primary sources of income for the
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The 1905 revolution had little impact but it is important to know that the Bloody Sunday which sparked 1905 revolution was starting point where the bond between the tsar and the people was heavily severed. This caused loss of popular support for Nicholas II. The Russian Revolution of 1905 was not a sudden event‚ but rather the culmination of years of discontent caused by several factors which were the poor economic condition of the peasantry‚ who had seen little improvement in their lives following
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Causes and Consequences of the 1905 Russian Revolution The Revolution of 1905 was the first time the Tsar had faced opposition from so many groups in Russian society at the same time. A long-term social and economic cause of the 1905 Revolution was the continuing anger of both peasants and landowners to the emancipation of the serfs 1861. Although this piece of legislation had brought an end to serfdom‚ peasants still remained tied to the village commune (mir) and were angry at the
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In what ways did the Russo-Japanese war precipitate revolution in 1905? One of the main triggers of the revolution in 1905 was not the fact that Russia was at war with Japan in 1905‚ but the fact that Russia lost the war to what was a smaller‚ and supposedly a more inferior country. The idea of going to war was for Russia to take over Japan’s ports‚ so therefore Russia could develop its navy‚ and also that Russian authorities rejected Japanese proposals for the settlement of the Korean question
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Was Tsar Nicholas II mainly to blame for the 1905 Revolution? In 1905‚ the social and economic tensions building up within Russia boiled over into Revolution. It was described by Lenin as the “Great Dress Rehearsal” for the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 and may give us clues as to why the 1917 revolution started. The suggestion that Tsar Nicholas II and his actions were to blame for this revolution is debatable and there are many factors such as the repressive Tsarist system‚ the growth of opposition
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Russian Revolution of 1905 Theoretic and Methodological Debates from the 20th Century November 11‚ 2011 “The preconditions for revolutionary victory are forged in the historic school of harsh conflicts and cruel defeats” - Leon Trotsky[1] The conflict between opposing economic and political systems was clearly one of the defining aspects of the second half of the 20th Century. The establishment of the Soviet Union as the standard bearer of communism was largely
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How significant were the effects of 1905 Revolution on Russian government and society at the time? The 1905 Revolution was significant to Russian government in long run but not in short run. After investigating into the contemporary sources which focus on different people’s opinions towards the Revolution and changes brought about by it‚ I found that there were general agreements on the following views. Firstly‚ the 1905 Revolution did brought changes to the practice of Russian government; however
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What factors lead to the 1905 revolution? In this essay‚ I am going to be looking at the long –term and short – term causes and a catalyst‚ which resulted in the 1905 revolution. The long-term causes have been slowly building up to a revolution. There are three main long-term causes: discontentment among the population‚ government policy’s and the autocratic system. The discontentment had been building up as many sections of the population were suffering. These groups are national minorities
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Why did the 1905 Revolution fail? Liam Hunt When looking at why the 1905 revolution failed‚ we must first consider the state of affairs leading up to the revolution. One key event in the state of affairs was the separation of the Social Democrats who became known as the Mensheviks and Bolsheviks in 1903. This was because some members of the what was to become the Bolsheviks‚ wanted to have a violent revolution‚ whereas the other members wanted to wait until the capitalist stage of the Marxist
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