Russia’s foreign policy and the 1905 revolution
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write 5–6 sentences on the causes and results of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878.
Cause: Balkan uprisings and Russian interests. Result: San Stefano, then the Congress of Berlin; Bulgaria divided, independence of Serbia, Montenegro and Romania recognised.
2
Place the events of 1905–1907 in a chronological table.
9.01.1905 – Bloody Sunday; summer 1905 – Potemkin; 17.10.1905 – Manifesto; 27.04.1906 – First Duma; 3.06.1907 – Second Duma dissolved and a new electoral law.
3
Why can the 1905 revolution be called “not without results”? Name two results.
A parliament (Duma) appeared; trade unions were permitted and peasants’ land payments were cancelled.
4
Calculate: roughly how many months did the war last (February 1904 to September 1905)?
About 19 months.