1. Seeds of the Russian Revolution

2. Seeds of Revolution The following took place all over the Russian Empire: Military Mutinies Worker Strikes Peasant Unrest

3. Seeds of Revolution - 1905 Nicholas II became Tsar in 1894 In 1905, about 100,000 Russians meet outside the Tsar’s Winter Palace in St. Petersburg They asked for Nicholas II to appear so he could be presented with a petition

4. Nicholas II

5. The police were told to break up the protesters The police open fire and charge the protestors on horseback Death toll ranges from several hundred to several thousand

7. Scenes of Protest

9. Russo-Japanese War Russia also loses the Russo-Japanese War in 1905  Fought over Russian and Japanese imperialism in Manchuria Under pressure, Nicholas II allows a Constitution to be written in 1905 Nicholas II also creates a Parliament, called a Duma

11. Failure of the Duma The Duma allows many political parties to come to power Nicholas II repeatedly dissolves the Duma and calls for new elections Assassinations and terrorism plagues Russia  Between 1906-1909 revolutionaries killed 7293 people, many of whom were government officials

12. Petr Stolypin Nicholas II tells his Prime Minister Petr Stolypin to take care of the problem of assassintaions Stolypin creates quick military trials for suspected terrorists Those guilty are hung; thousands die Stolypin is assassinated in 1911

13. World War I – Effect on Revolution WW I is a disaster for Russia Caused inflation Caused food shortages 5 million Russian casualties (soldiers were sent to the front with no guns) In Nov. 1916, the Duma warns Nicholas II that he needs a constitutional gov’t