Causes Of The 1905 Russian Revoluton

Bloody Sunday

Protestors shot when when led by Orthodox priestto deliver a petition to the Tsar

Gave a sense of unity in cause of sar's lack of compassion

400,000 participated in the protest

Social Unrest

Russo-Japanese War

Lack of Reform

Mutiny

Battleship of Potempkin

Surrender of Part Arthur

Free trade

Treety of Partmouth

2/3 ships sunk in Tsushima

Harvest Failures

1892

1898

1901

80% in poverty

Rapid population increase

98-125 million 1885-1905

"Great Spark" = overcrowding

Hard to get enough food

Frequent attacks on government offices

Strikes

Bloody Sunday

Goldfield Massacre

Lack of National Assembly and desire to end aristocracy