Russian Revolution: Causes

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.