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how many serfs did AII emancipate in 1861

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51 million

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what has his decision to emancipate been hailed as

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the product of the tsars own liberal and humanitarian ideas

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what was the emancipation followed by

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reforms in other areas such as the army, local gov, judiciary

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what has the series of reforms led to

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him being given name ‘Tsar Liberator’

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what does Emmons refer to emancipation edict as

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piece of state directed manipulation of society aimed to strengthen social and political stability rather than product of liberal thinking

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what does Emmons state reforms were intended for

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maintaining tsarist authority

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what does Emmons interpretation suggest

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it backfired and created division between gov and landed gentry

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what could AII views on serfdom have been shaped by

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  • romantic tutor- Zhukovsky
  • travels around empire
  • party of st Petersburg progress
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which other family members had been committed to abolition of serfdom for sometime

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GD Konstantin (Brother)
GD Elena (AUNT)
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what were alexanders natural tendencies

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conservative rather than liberal

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what alarmed AII and convinced him that change needed to occur

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increase in peasant uprisings since 1840s

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what were the main catalyst for action

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humiliations an efficiencies of Crimean war

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who pleaded for reform in order to ‘strengthen the state and restore dignity’

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Dmitry Milyutin

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what did Dimtry Milyutin believe about the army

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needed modernising and only a free population would provide labour needed for military improvement

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what was AII like in conserving autocracy

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determined to maintain autocracy and uphold god given duties but felt pressure for reform

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how did AII begin his reign

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releasing political prisoners and pardoning decemberists

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who were decemberists

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group involved in plot to assassinate his father

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what did AII relax at start of his reign

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controls on censorship, restrictions on foreign travel and uni entrance

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what did AII ask nobles for in March 1856

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asked them to produce suggestions for an emancipation measure

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how did AII try and win noble support for emancipation

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toured countryside giving pro emancipation speeches

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who did emancipation edict initially apply to

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privately owned serfs

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when did state serfs receive freedom

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1866

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what did emancipation edict grant

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serfs freedom and an allotment of land

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what did landowners receive under emancipation edict

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government compensation

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what were freed serfs required to pay
redemption payments to the government over 49 years
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where did the serfs have to stay until redemption payments were made
within the mir/peasant commune
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what was the mir made responsible for
distributing allotments, controlling farming and collecting and paying peasants taxes
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what were volosts established for
to supervise the mirs
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what were volosts
peasant communities consisting of several villages/hamlets
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from when did the volosts run their own courts
1863
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what did the volosts replace
the landlords jurisdiction over serfs
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what period was there befpre freedoms were granted
a two year period of temporary obligation
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what happened during the temporary obligation period
allocations were worked out
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what land did landowners keep
meadows, pasture, woodland and a personal holding
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what land was given to the mirs
open fields
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how many serfs remained 'temporary obligated' to their landlords until 1881
15%
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when was redemption made compulsory
1881
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who did well out of land allocation
kulaks
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why did kulaks do well
bought up extra land-produce surplus grain- export
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who raised living standards
those who obtained passport to leave Mir- worked in industrialising cities
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how did landowners benefit
used compensation to get out of debt
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why did peasants feel cheated by emancipatopn
land allocations unfair + land allocated divided as sons inherited land and shared
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what persisted as a result of mir being so traditional
subsistence farming and technical backwardness
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what percentage of peasantry able to produce surplus by 1878
50%
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what made rural life difficult after emancipation
loss of former benefits, restrictions on travel and burden of redemption payments
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what led to violent outbreaks in countryside
resentment of kulaks
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what did landowners resent after emancipation and what occurred as a result
loss of influence- student protests
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who reorganised the armed forces
Dmitry Milyutin
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what did milyutin want armed forces to be
smaller, more professional and efficient and less expensive
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what was made compulsory for all classes (military)
conscription at the age of 21
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what was the length of military service reduced from and to
25-15 years with 10 in reserves
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which military system was abandoned under milyutins reforms
military colonies
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what were the reforms to military punishments
they were made less severe
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what medical reforms were there in the military
better provisioning and medical care established
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what happened to weaponary and command structure in reforms
modern weaponry and a new command structure established
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why were military colleges set up
to provide better training for non-noble officer corps
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how was literacy within the army improved
mass army education campaigns in 1870s-90s
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what happened to the officer class as a result of military reforms
still remained largely aristocratic
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how did the wealthy get around the military reforms
found substitutes to serve in their place
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did military reform fix problems of supply and leadership?
no problems still continued
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who did the army struggle to win wars against
turkey (1877-78) japan (1904-05) Germany (1914-17)
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zemstva
system of elected local councils established to replace rights and obligations of former serf owning gentry
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at which two levels were the zemstva
district and provincial
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how were the members of the zemstva chosen
through a system of electoral colleges
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problem with voting procedure of zemstva
arranged in a way that allowed nobility to dominate
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what were the zemstva given the power to do
improve public services, develop industrial projects and administer poor relief in times of hardship
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what did the establishment of a degree of representative government raise the hopes of
members of intelligentsia who wanted representative national assembly
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why was power of zemstva limited
had no control over taxes and provincial gov could overturn zemstva decisions
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why were the zemstvas never truly people assemblies
they attracted doctors, lawyers and scientists who used meetings as opportunity to debate political issues and criticise central gov
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in which areas was an overhaul of law particularly needed
property rights and a change in the administration of local justice
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what had property rights and local justice formerly been in hands of
judge examining written evidence prepared by landowner/police
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what was absent in old legal system
jury, laywers and examination of witnesses accused considered guilty until proven innocent and judges decision was final
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how was equality established before the law
single system of local, provincial and national courts accused presumed innocent until proven guilty and could employ a lawyer to defend himself
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who were criminal cases heard before under the reform
barristers and a jury
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who were the jury selected from
a list of property owners
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who were judges appointed by and how did they benefit from reform
tsar | given better training and pay
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who were local justices of the peace elected by
zemstva every 3 years
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who were local justices of the peace independent from
political control
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who were courts opened to
the public
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where were national trials recorded
in the Russian courier- a gov newspaper
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benefits of new legal system
- fairer and less corrupt | - public flocked to open courts
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what did the legal reforms provide the opportunity for
layers of intelligentsia to criticise the regime
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why did new juries sometimes acquit guilty
they sympathised with their plight
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what was done to counter juries acquitting guilty through sympathy
new decree issued to permit political crimes to be tried by special procedures
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where was trial by jury never established
Poland, the western provinces and the causcasus
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which courts were excluded from legal reforms
ecclesiastical and military
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why did the abolition of serfdom increase need for numeracy and literacy
peasants trying to run private smallholdings
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what provided the opportunity for change in control and funding of education
establishment of zemstva
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who were the education reforms under
alexander golovnin
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what were universtities given the oppurtuntiy to do under the educational reform
govern themselves and appoint
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who was responsibility for schooling transferred from and to
from Russian orthodox church to zemstva
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which 2 tiers of education were extended
primary and secondary
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what were schools declared
'open to all' regardless of class and sex
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what effect did new independence given to universities have
increasing number of radical and militant thinkers
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what happened as a result of education reforms being so successful
after 1866 it was deemed necessary to reassert gov control
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how was censorship relaxed
restrictions on publishers reduced foreign publications permitted with gov approval press allowed to print editorials with comment on gov policy
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what did relaxation of censorship lead to
short lived growth in number of books, journals and newspapers on sale in russia
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what brought a retightening of gov control in 1870s
growth in critical writing
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what areas was there some reform in
Russian orthodox church conditions of jews and ethnic minorities economic liberalisation
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what led to a reversal f the lenient treatment of poles and jews
1863 polish rebellion
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what was financial liberalisation at the expense of
the peasants

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