The 1905 Russian Revolution

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The1905Russian Revolution
Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS
Chappaqua, NY
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Nicholas II The Last Romanov Tsarr. 1894-1917
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The Tsar His Family
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Hemophilia the Tsarevich
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Nicholas II His Uncle, George V
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Causes
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1. Early 20c Russian Social Hierarchy
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2. First Stages of Industrialization
An Early Russian Factory
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3. Weak Economy
1905 Russian Rubles
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4. Extensive Foreign Investments Influence
Building the Trans-Siberian RREconomic benefits
only in a few regions.
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5. Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905
The Yellow Peril
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Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905
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Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905
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Russian Japanese Soldiers
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Russia Is Humiliated
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Treaty of Portsmouth NH - 1905
President Theodore Roosevelt Acts as the
Peacemaker He gets the Nobel Peace Prize for
his efforts.
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6. Unrest Among the Peasants Urban Working Poor
Father Georgi GaponLeader of the People OR
Police Informer?
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Bloody SundayJanuary 22, 1905
The Czars Winter Palace in St. Petersburg
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The Revolution Spreads
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Russian Cossacks Slaughter The People in Odessa
Anti-Jewish Attacks
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7. The Battleship Potemkin Mutiny June, 1905
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Results
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1. The Tsars October Manifesto
October 30, 1905
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2. The Opening of the DumaPossible Reforms?
1906

• The first two tries were too radical.
• The third duma was elected by the richest people
  in Russia in 1907.

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The 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.

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3. Jewish Refugees Come to America in 1906
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4. The Path to October, 1917
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Why did the 1905 Revolution Fail?