1	The Revolution of 1905 and World War I 16E:178 [Return to class schedule]
2	Overview Recap political scene Revolution of 1905 Russo-Japanese War Bloody Sunday October Manifesto and creation of a constitutional monarchy Aftermath of 1905 Revolution World War I
3	Recap Political Scene RSDRP Bolsheviks Mensheviks SRs Liberals
4	Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) “small, victorious war,” Minister of the Interior Plehve Russian fleet destroyed May 1905 Portsmouth Treaty first defeat of European power by Asian nation in the modern era
5	Bloody Sunday January 22, 1905 (old calendar) Father Gapon peaceful march massacre near Winter Palace aftermath: strikes, protests, insurrections
6	October Manifesto Promised: constitution basic civil liberties to all creation of Imperial Duma split revolutionary movement preserved autocracy’s power to legislate when Duma not in session
7	Repression P.A. Stolypin (assassinated 1911) state of emergency declared first two Dumas dissolved suffrage restricted Stolypin’s agrarian reform: encouraged demise of peasant commune in favor of hereditary landownership facilitated peasant withdrawal from commune consolidated farm plots (American model)
8	Workers’ Movement strikes Lena gold fields massacre (1912) 1914: strikes, turmoil on the rise
9	Russia and World War I Origins of the war Triple Alliance Triple Entente Progress of the war Divided command Incompetent leadership Failure to mobilize industry
10	Impact of the War on Russia Staggering costs: 3 million soldiers killed and wounded; 2.7 million captured and missing Problems on the home front: food distribution crisis Problems inherent in the autocracy Grigory Rasputin (1872-1916)
11	Conclusion WWI served to stave off autocracy’s collapse in short term, but ultimately accelerated demise Monarch unable to save itself because of its inability to reform itself.