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The Path to Revolution


 * They were ranked 4th in steel production, therefore would benefit those who had jobs related to the materials, processing, of this metal (1900)

Change Towards the Turn of the Century 1850-1914 (Russia)

-Could be used as an export || * Causes pollution ||
 * **Technology and what it does** || **Benefits** || **Negative Consequences** ||
 * - Overall technology invented during 1850-1914 || * Exports developed the country
 * Money made for imports, reform in infrastructure, the economy, etc... || * Make people a lot lazier
 * Less jobs for people
 * Technology ruin environments ||
 * - Radiator (1857) || * Useful in winter
 * * Modern Icebreaker (1864)
 * Polar Icebreaker (1898) || - Can break through ice when cruising through both poles/freezing areas || * Crushes through ice which destroys ecosystem for polar animals
 * Uses a lot of gas and energy ||
 * * Railway electrification system (1875, Fyodor Pirotsky) || - Railroad electric supplied, system fully established, can let citizens travel efficiently and import/export || -Uses up land for other infrastructures.
 * Uses up energy, creates global warming ||
 * * Yablochkov Candle (1876, Pavel Yablochkov) || -Reliable, cumbersome, best at the time for street lighting || -impractical to make ||
 * * Torpedo Boat Tender (Stepan Makarov, 1877) || - Torpedo boats could send out smaller ones for better attack methods (quantity perspective of war) || -none found ||
 * * Tracked Wagon (Fyodor Blinov, 1877) || - These wagons do not use wheels but instead uses tracks so that it can be more stable and have a larger surface area on the earth. || -none ||
 * * Cylindric Oil Depot (Vladimir Shukov, 1878) || * Oil depots can lead to the oil industry more effective and efficient
 * Led them to be 2nd in petroleum production, also benefiting those who had jobs related to handling petroleum || -Very harmful to environment if an accident were to occur

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 * * Modern Oil Tanker (1879 Ludvig Nobel) || * Oil tanker can make oil industry more efficient and effective
 * Led them to be 2nd in petroleum production, also benefiting those who had jobs related to handling petroleum || -Oil tankers causes large amount of pollution in the sea and in the sky, which kills large amounts of marine animals.

- If there was an oil spill there will be a large disaster. || - export it to gain cash || * This causes violence in life. - Tells us more accurately about the weather || -none found ||
 * * Electric Tram (1880 Fyodor Pirotsky) || * It was created for transportation during cold winters
 * used to transport goods || -Takes great amount of electricity to run ||
 * * Three Line Rifle (Sergei Ivanovich Mosin, 1889) || * Rifles create war advantage
 * Unsafe ||
 * * Nephoscope (1894, Mikhail Pomortsev) || * Tells us the altitude and velocity of the clouds
 * * Lightning detector + radio receiver (1895, Alexander Stepanovich Popov) || * Helps detect lightning

-Makes communication more easy || -none found ||
 * * Fire-Fighting foam (1902)
 * Foam extinguisher (1904) || * Helps extinguish fire
 * Makes less heat stress || -none found ||
 * * Motor ship (1903) || * More efficient
 * Runs faster and can travel longer distances with using less power (powered by diesel) || -More harmful to the environment ||
 * * Modern mortar (1904) || * Helps defeat enemies
 * Makes big explosions
 * For security || * Creates violence
 * No peace
 * Expensive
 * Process of making a modern mortar uses lots of energy ||
 * * Electric seisometer (1906, Boris Borisovich Galitzine) || * It can detect earthquakes before they hit the land || -Very difficult to construct ||
 * * Snowmobile (1907) || * A better transportation on snow || - Creates Pollution ||
 * * First Assault Rifle known as “Federov Avtomat”, (1913) || -First known assault rifle which lead inventions of other great weapons in war such as the Nazi German assault rifle STG-44 and the famous AK47 || -It has a very slow fire rate and relatively low calibre size compared to guns now ||


 * **Social and Political Events** || **Benefits and who it benefits** || **Negative Consequences, losers?** ||
 * - Jew workers in Russia created a group, known as “Bund” || - Jews, because jews would then not be singled out, and would form a united, more powerful group ||  ||
 * - Russia also had many other parties such as “Russian Social Democratic Labour Party || - Citizens, because then they have many more choices of who to support || - Other parties, because competition will arise ||
 * - Crimean War to gain control of Black Sea (1854-1856) || - A chance to expand territory, and to perhaps use the route for economic reasons such as imports and exports || - Lost Crimean War, many casualties, and lost control over Black Sea ||
 * * Active reform in 1861
 * Leading to industrialization ||  || * Caused exploitation of working class citizens
 * Industrialization make people greedy, sometimes making workers suffer more
 * Child labor sprouts
 * Whole country because of pollution factory creates ||
 * * Poland began anti-Russian campaign (1863) || - Polish prove their power || - Rivalry between Polish and Russians ||
 * * Caucasian War comes to an end (1817-1864) || - Russia expand territory || - Caucasus places lose independence ||
 * * Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) || - Allowed Russia control over Black Sea again || * Other countries because invading forces will be treated harshly
 * More rivalry for Black Sea ||
 * * Slavic states gain independence, Caucasian territories lose independence || * Slavic states because they are now independent
 * Russia because they gain territory || * Caucasian territory and North Dobruja because they lose independence ||
 * * Russo-Japanese War loss (1904-1905) || - Japan benefits because Russia forced to make deals with Japs || * Made Nicholas II unpopular leader ||
 * * Russian Revolution in 1905 || * Tsars granted the “October-Manifesto” because many citizens were against their rule
 * “October-Manifesto” = gave Russia reformed political order and basic civil rights for citizens || * Assassination of entire Royal Family
 * Russian Revolution lead to terrorism, protests, strikes, etc...
 * Russian Revolution created “Bloody Sunday”, where a lot of citizens were killed or injured ||
 * * New system known as “State Duma”
 * First Duma 1906(Dominated by Kadets),
 * Second Duma (Dominated by RSDLP and Socialist-Revolutionary Party)
 * Third Duma(1907-1912, business men, high class people)
 * Fourth Duma (1912-1917) || * More organized political system || * Those in power did not last very long ||

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Nature: Picture from the Japenese-Russian War Origin: Bulla 1904-1905 Purpose: Photographed for memory of the war

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This is a video of Bloody Sunday where the Russian army was forced to take action against the strikes which happened in 1905, during the Russian Revolution.

Nature: Video Origin: "l80omarllomar08l", youtube user. Seems like footage from that day. Purpose: It was created so people get a vivid impression of what happened.

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This Picture is a picture about the workers and councils against the soviet tanks. Nature: Picture Origin: From a blog Purpose: it was created because it showed more detail about the Russian revolution.