Y10: 1-11. Surviving the 1905-Revolution

Lucky for Nicholas II, he was able to hold onto power for a few more years, as the 1905 Revolution did not succeed… Today you are going to consider why Nicholas II was able to survive the attempted revolution of 1905!

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Let’s first look at factors that helped Nicholas to survive the so-called 1905 Revolution.

Surviving the 1905 Revolution. (1:22 minutes long)

2.

The information about “The October Manifesto”, and also the section on “Why did the Revolution fail?”, p.6.

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Now, let’s look at the role that Stolypin played in the survival of Nicholas II as tsar of Russia.

Stolypin. (1:35 minutes long)

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The information about “The Rule of Stolypin”, p.6.

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Finally, write a paragraph for each of the factors shown on the diagram below (“1905 Revolution: Nicholas II survived it!”) to explain how each factor helped Nicholas to hold on to power.

Have you recognised that this is the relevant information for this task?

This could be an essay question…!

If this was an essay question you would have to make sure to write a paragraph for each reason. Each paragraph should include the following:

EXAMPLE

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