Terror And Repression

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Terror And Repression

• In Russia 1905-1914

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1905 Revolution (reason 1)

• After the revolution of 1905, in December, the
  city was bombarded and thousands of arrests were
  made.
• Any remaining isolated peasant unrests (land
  seizures) were crushed with similar brutality in
  the months that followed

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Peter Stolypin And The Duma (1906-1911) (reason 2)

• Stolypin himself believes in repression and
  reform.
• Next, the Tsar appointed STOLYPIN as Chief
  Minister he organised a crackdown declaring
  Martial Law and sent troops into the countryside
  they hung 2,500 between 1906-1911.
• The Tsar allowed the election of a Third Duma
  but Stolypin changed the voting law to exclude
  the peasants and the workers only property
  owners now allowed to vote.
• The Tsar did not repute the statute of state
  security Ohkrana, so the Tsar could still
  legally arrest anyone he wanted showing
  repression
• The 1905 electoral law meant the electoral system
  as complicated, confusing, and favoured the
  traditional elite classes in Russia
• Stolypin dies in 1911 due to assassination.

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Intermediate Conclusion

• Since the end of the 1905 revolution, Peter
  Stolypin very much believed in terror and
  repression. Throughout his premiership up to his
  assassination in 1911. In 1905, when the
  revolution had just ended, the city was bombarded
  and thousands of arrests, and any remaining
  isolated peasant unrests were crushed with the
  same brutality in the months that followed. After
  that, Peter Stolypin was made chief minister. He
  excluded everyone from voting except property
  owners. He also made a crackdown on martial law
  and sent troops to the countryside and hung 2,500
  people. He also kept the Ohkrana so that the Tsar
  could arrest people at will.

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Lena Goldfield Strike (1914) (reason 3)

• The number of strikes increased from 222 in 1910
  to 3,574 in 1914.
• The number of these strikes that were political
  and aimed at the government went up from 24 in
  1911 to 2,401 in 1914 a sign of rising tension.
• There was a very serious disturbance in 1912 when
  workers in LENA goldmines in Siberia went on
  strike for higher wages the employers called in
  the police who shot down many of the strikers.
  This sent shock waves all over Russia and tension
  increased a secret police agent (Okhrana) in
  Moscow said There has never been such tension.

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Main Conclusion

• In conclusion, The Tsar and Stolypin kept the
  terror and repression going until the beginning
  of the first world war in 1914. First of all was
  the bombarding and arrests of thousands of people
  after the 1905 revolution, then came Stolypin and
  the Duma in 1906, and finally came the Lena
  Goldfield strike in 1914. We believe that the
  biggest example of terror and repression was the
  Lena Goldfield strike because over 2000 people
  were killed and this sent shock waves all
  throughout Russia.
• However, the main reason for terror and
  oppression being the main reason was solely due
  to the reason that after Stolypins death, the
  oppression and terror which was rampant in Russia
  continued, this showed that terror and oppression
  was not due to Stolypin but that it was a part of
  Russia, its society and the Tsars method of
  ruling.