Mr. CargileMr. Cargile

Mission Hills HS, San Marcos CAMission Hills HS, San Marcos CA

Mr. CargileMr. Cargile

Mission Hills HS, San Marcos CAMission Hills HS, San Marcos CA

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Nicholas II: The Last Romanov Nicholas II: The Last Romanov TsarTsar

[r. 1894-1917][r. 1894-1917]

The Tsar & His FamilyThe Tsar & His Family

Hemophilia & the Hemophilia & the TsarevichTsarevich

Nicholas II & His Uncle, George VNicholas II & His Uncle, George V

CausesCauses

1. Early 1. Early 2020cc: :

Russian Russian Social Social

HierarchHierarchyy

2. First Stages of Industrialization2. First Stages of Industrialization

An Early Russian Factory

3. Weak Economy3. Weak Economy

1905 Russian Rubles

4. Extensive Foreign 4. Extensive Foreign Investments & Investments &

InfluenceInfluence

Building the Trans-Siberian RR[Economic benefits only in a few

regions.]

5. Russo-Japanese War5. Russo-Japanese War [1904-[1904-1905]1905]

The “Yellow Peril”

Russo-Japanese WarRusso-Japanese War [1904-[1904-1905]1905]

Russian & Japanese SoldiersRussian & Japanese Soldiers

Russia Is HumiliatedRussia Is Humiliated

Treaty of Portsmouth Treaty of Portsmouth [NH] - 1905[NH] - 1905

President Theodore Roosevelt Acts as the Peacemake

r

[He gets the Nobel

Peace Prize for his

efforts.]

6. Unrest Among the Peasants & 6. Unrest Among the Peasants & Urban Working PoorUrban Working Poor

Father Georgi Gapon:

Leader of the Leader of the People OR People OR

Police Police Informer?Informer?

Bloody SundayBloody SundayJanuary 22, 1905January 22, 1905

The Czar’s Winter Palace in St. Petersburg

The The RevolutioRevolutio

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Russian Cossacks Slaughter Russian Cossacks Slaughter The People in OdessaThe People in Odessa

Anti-Jewish Attacks

7. The Battleship7. The Battleship PotemkinPotemkin Mutiny Mutiny [June, [June,

1905]1905]

Results

Results

1. The Tsar’s 1. The Tsar’s October October ManifestoManifesto

October 30, 1905

2. The Opening of the 2. The Opening of the DumaDuma::Possible Reforms?Possible Reforms?

1906 The first two tries were too

radical.

The third duma was elected by the richest people in Russia in 1907.

The Russian Constitution of 1906The Russian Constitution of 1906

Known as the Fundamental Laws [April 23, 1906].

The autocracy of the Russian Tsar was declared.

The Tsar was supreme over the law, the church, and the Duma.

It confirmed the basic human rights granted by the October Manifesto, BUT made them subordinate to the supremacy of the law.

3. Jewish Refugees 3. Jewish Refugees Come to America in Come to America in

19061906

4. 4. The The Path Path

to to October, October,

19171917

Why did the 1905 Revolution Why did the 1905 Revolution Fail?Fail?

Mr. CargileMr. Cargile

Mission Hills HS, San Marcos CAMission Hills HS, San Marcos CA

Mr. CargileMr. Cargile

Mission Hills HS, San Marcos CAMission Hills HS, San Marcos CA

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Double Revolution in Russia, 1917Double Revolution in Russia, 1917

Russia’s political system , w/ its weak Duma & powerful Tsar, was not conducive to total war mobilization.

The tsar, Nicholas II, distrusted the Duma & resisted calls to share power w/ his subjects.

In September 1915, the tsar took direct command of armies @ the front, leaving his wife, Alexandra, and her adviser Rasputin in real control of the gov’t.

Double Revolution in Russia, 1917Double Revolution in Russia, 1917

By late 1916 the large but incompetent & poorly equipped Russian army had experienced numerous defeats & had run out of ammunition & other essential supplies.

The civilian economy was in a state of collapse and the cities faced shortages of fuel and food in the winter of 1916-1917.

Double Revolution in Russia, 1917Double Revolution in Russia, 1917

In March 1917 (February by the old Russian calendar), troops in St. Petersburg mutinied as women rioted, demanding bread. The Duma formed a provisional gov’t. & the Tsar abdicated.

On November 6, 1917 (October 24 in the Russian calendar) Vladimir Lenin’s Bolsheviks staged an uprising in Petrograd & overthrew the Provisional gov’t.