Russian Revolution- 19th century Russia Flashcards

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Revolution L1

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develops bc= discontent of society, leads to= overthrow of the ruling regime, followed by = reorganization + reconstruction

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R empire L1

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8000 km from east to wesr + 3200 km from noth to south

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how much of total land mass L1

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1/6

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Poor infrastructure ??? L1

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britain could fit into r 100x but had the same km of railway track

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Ethnically diverse????? L1

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170 ethnic groups ie great russians= 44.3%, ukranians= 18%, poles= 6%, Belorussians = 4.5%

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Nobility L1

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1% population but owned 25% of land, oppointed to govt positons bc of position in societ and x on merit

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MC L1

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APPROX 0.5% IN 1897, starting to play an active role in local govt

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Urban workers L1

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new class, small abt 7% very poor working and living conditions.

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Peasants L1

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approx 80% of pop, most poor + illiterate+ widespread disease+ occasional famine

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TSAR define L1

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the emperor tsar of all russians is ‘an autocratic and unlimited monarch; god himself ordains that all must bow to his supreme power’

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Bureaucracy L1

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‘a complex web of inefficiency and underserved priviliege’

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The Police L1

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2 groups, the okhrana (tsars secret police’, only 1 police per 3850 peasants.
cossacks= offered land in return to loyalty to tsar ie acted as informal police

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Orthodox church L1

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under state control from 1721, legitimising the tsars autocratic powers. church opposed political change

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The Army

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conscription= form of punishment. notorious for the severity of its discipline and grimness of conditions. abt 1.5 mill, cost= 45% og govts annual govt expender

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Agriculture

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peasants had smaller then 10 acres, farms inefficient. during bad harvests there were famines. lots of lanf in r was x good for farming

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Industrialization 1870s

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coal production less than 5% of Britain= 25% of all coal needed to be imported- but had increased 16x since 1860