Size of Russia, Agriculture, Poverty and Inequality, Poor Leadership, Coronation Stampede, Wars, Bloody Sunday
Seven causes of the Russian Revolution.
11
Number of Russian time zones.
steamboats
Method of delivering messages in Russia before the Revolution.
50%
Percentage greater than the percent of Russian-speaking citizens before the Revolution.
Russification
Policy forcing non-Russians to speak Russian and adopt the religion.
caveman
Term describing the Russians in regard to farming tools and techniques.
starvation
Terminal result of poor agricultural situations.
25%
Percent of farmable land in Russia.
Bread Basket of Europe
Old phrase describing Ukraine, due to its output of grains.
Ukraine
Region called the Bread Basket of Europe.
60
Low temperature in degrees Celsius that some areas experience.
Siberia
Cold, desert- and forest- covered region east of the Ural Mountains, where some people were exiled.
advisors
People assigned by the czar to run Russia's individual regions, some characterized by corruption.
80%
Percentage of Russians who were peasants.
medieval
Term describing conditions in Russian factories.
1 out of 3
Infant mortality rate before one year in Russia.
money
A major problem for peasants.
too late
Reason why industrialization in Russia did not work for Czar Nicholas II.
Khodynka Field
Location of the Coronation Stampede in 1896.
rumors of bread
Cause of the Coronation Stampede.
1,500
Approximate number of deaths resulting from the Coronation Stampede.
visited injured
Czar's delayed response to the Coronation Stampede.
Russo-Japanese War
A conflict between Russia and Japan over a water port resulting in a major Russian loss.
1904-1905
Years of Russo-Japanese War.
World War I
A conflict in which Russia lost many battles.
poor army
Reason for many losses in World War I.
food riots
An effect of World War I for Russia, affecting the homeland.
Bloody Sunday
Massacre on January 22, 1905, in which about 1000 peaceful protesters were killed as they approached the Winter Palace.