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Nature Of Government Under The Tsars Flashcards

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What is Autocracy?

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  • A system of government in which one person has total power.
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What were the three strands of Tsarist autocracy?

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  • Subjects were loyal to the Tsar.
  • Tsar obliged as a moral judge on behalf of God.
  • Ability to control a vast and diverse population of people.
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When did Alexander II become Tsar?

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1855

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When was the emancipation edict announced?

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1861

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When was Alexander II assassinated?

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1881

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When did Alexander III die?

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1894

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When did Nicholas II become Tsar?

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1894

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When was the first Duma established?

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1906

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When did Nicholas II abdicate?

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1917.

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Why did Alexander II want to abolish serfdom?

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  • Failures of the Crimean War.
  • Better to abolish serfdom from above then to wait for it to begin to abolish itself from below.
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What was the secret committee of peasant affairs?

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  • Formed in 1857 to plan for the emancipation of the serfs.
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When did Alexander II reform the education system and what did he implement?

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  • 1863 Created primary schools.
  • Made alterations to the curriculum.
  • Introduced inspectorate.
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What did Alexander II form in 1864?

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  • Zemstvas to improve local government.
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When and why did Alexander II end his reform program?

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  • 1866 after an attempt on his life.
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What was the trial of the 50?

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  • Trial of 50 key political opponents in 1877.
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Who was Alexander II assassinated by?

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  • Peoples will.
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What was the peasant land bank?

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  • Established in 1883 to provide cheap loans for the purchase of land.
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Who did Alexander III execute in 1887?

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  • Lenins brother and four other associates who had planned to assassinate AIII.
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When were land captains introduced and what was there role?

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  • 1889 to monitor behaviour of the peasants.
20
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What did Nicholas II introduce after the 1905 revolution?

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  • October manifesto and a new constitution.
21
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What did Nicholas II sign in 1914?

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  • Signed general mobilisation order.
  • Brought Russia into the First World War.
22
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What did Nicholas II order in 1915?

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  • Ordered Russian armed forces to be placed under his control.
23
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Who was Pobedonostev?

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  • Legal advisor.
  • Tutor to Alexander II.
24
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How did Alexander IIIs upbringing influence the way he ruled?

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  • Pobedonostev did not believe in liberal democracy or parliamentarianism.
  • Witnessed how liberal reforms led to the death of his father Alexander II.
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Why did Nicholas II introduce the reforms in 1905?

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  • Economic crisis.
  • Failures of the Russo-Japanese war.
  • Social unrest: Bloody Sunday, Potemkin mutany and strikes.
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Was Nicholas II reactionary or revolutionary?

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  • Believed in the same ideas as his father Alexander III.
  • Forced to make changes as a result of economic crisis and Russo-Japanese war.
  • Fundamental Laws of 1906.
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How was the central government structure made up from 1861 to 1905?

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  • The Tsar.
  • The Committee of Ministers.
  • The Imperial Council of State.
  • The Personal Chancellery of his Imperial Majesty.
  • Council of Ministers.
  • The Senate.
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What reform did Alexander II make to the Structure of Government in 1861?

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  • Introduced The Committee of Ministers.
  • 13 ministers who had responsibility for particular aspect of Russian affairs.
  • Examples: Minister of War, Minister of Finance.
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How was Government structured after 1905?

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  • The Tsar.
  • The Council of Ministers.
  • The State Council.
  • The Duma.
  • The Senate.
30
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What was the secret police before the Okhrana

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Third Section of the Imperial Chancellery

31
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What was glasnot?

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Period of relaxation under Alexander II and Nicholas II.

32
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What is an example of relaxation of censorship under Alexander II and Alexander III?

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Books published increased from over 1000 in 1855 to over 10000 in 1894.

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What was the Okhrana

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-Established 1880 as a softer version of the Third Secio
-A3 used the okhrana for spying, imprisoning, and exiling
-Took a lower profile in the 1890s
-Activity increased in 1905 utilised as agent provocateurs and executioners
-Lasted until 1917

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What was the secret police under the Provisional Government

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Counter Espionage Bureau

35
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What is meant by Alexander IIIs period of reaction?

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Harsher censorship rules that came about after the assassination of Alexander II.

36
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What was the Counter Espionage Bureau used for

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-Weeding out those undermining the war effort including the Bolsheviks

37
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What was the size of the army at the start of the period

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1,400,000

38
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How did Alexander III use the army

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-Enforcing Russification serving as a peace keeping force and regulator of regional frontiers

39
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Why was Nicholas’s use of the army problematic

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Excessive force on Bloody Sunday resulted in the 1905 revolution

40
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Who were the populists

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-(Narodniks) were Russian intellectuals given greater freedom to criticise tsarist rule following reforms of Alexander II
-Led by Chernyshevsky and Lavrov
-1873-4 organised 4000 university students dispersing into countrywide to educate the peasants
-Became more organised when land and liberty formed 1876
-Seperaree on whether to employ violence or peace

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What is People’s Will

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-Terrorist group emerging from the Land and Liberty movement formed 1879
-Primary objective to assassinate the Tsar conducting four attempts before succeeding in 1881
-Assasinatio failed to result in the overthrow of Tsarism

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Who were the SRs

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-Social Revolutionaries
-Emerged from populist movement formed 1901 by Chernov
-By 1905 had split between left wing SRs and moderate right wing
-Responsiblr for 2000 political killings
-Left wing appealed to workers
-Right wing appealed to the peasants
-Was the biggest threat to Tsarist rule until october 1917

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What were the SDs

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-Social Democrats
-1898 Founded in Minsk
-Encouraged working class consciousness however few workers had time to engage with marxist theory
-SD supporters focused on improving pay and working hours
-1905 there were divisions between the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks

44
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What are the Liberals

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-“Westernisers” opposed to Slavophiles
-Wanted Russia to be governed as a liberal democracy like Britain and France
-Supported the emergence of the Zemstva
-Struve founded the Union of Liberation demanding greater freedoms and justice for all russians particularly in land redistribution

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Who were the Kadets and Octobrists

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-Kadets wanted a constitutional monarchy led by Milyukov
-acted as the opposition within the first duma
-Octoberists displayed loyalty to the Tsar but wanted changes to the system of government
-Support it the October manifesto alienated them from other revolutionaries

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What was the impact of the Emancipation Edict on peasant attitudes

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-Emancipation edict unleashes a number of disturbances involving thousands of peasants
-Unrest quietened until the 1890s
-Peasant rebellions increased 1900s prompted by redemption payments
-Peasants began to become more politically intelligent with peasants not paying taxes, robbery, and incendiary

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What were the Black Earth Region revolts

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-Revolts on 1906-7 resulted in reforms by Stolypin to pacify peasant leaders
-From 1916 peasants began increasingly protesting forming an integral part of the revolution of 1917
-Peasantry acted more organised than before forming peasant soviets

Russia 1855-1964 (17 decks)

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