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Why was Russia backwards politically?

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  1. Autocracy
  2. No opposition
  3. Nobles in control
  4. Secret police
  5. Conscripted army
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Why was Russia backwards economically?

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  1. Harsh winters affected farming
  2. Backwards farming methods
  3. Undeveloped banking- industry
  4. No consumer demand
  5. Poor communications
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Why was Russia backwards socially?

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  1. 50 million serfs- 82%
  2. 800,000 industrial workers
  3. No demand to develop
  4. Social hierarchy
  5. Mostly Russian orthodox
  6. 3500 people in uni
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When did Alexander II become Tsar?

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1855

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When was the Crimean War?

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1853-1856

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What areas was Russia fighting over in the Crimean War?

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The Balkans and the Black Sea

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When was the Battle of Sinope?

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1853

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Which battle in the Crimean War did the Russians initially win?

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The Battle of Sinope

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When did Britain and France declare war on Russia?

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March 1854

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When was the Battle of Sevastopol ?

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Sep 1854

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Which battle did the Russians suffer defeats?

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The Battle of Sevastopol 1854

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When did the Russian fortress fall at Sevastopol ?

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1856

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What was the impact of the Crimean War?

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  1. Revealed disunity of Europe
  2. 1856 Peace of Paris took some of Russia’s naval bases in the Black Sea
  3. Highlighted backwardness of her agrarian society
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What was a state serf?

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Lived on the Tsar’s lands- generally had more freedom

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Reasons for freeing the serfs

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  1. War highlighted Russia’s military inadequacy
  2. Need for modernised infrastructure
  3. Provoked peasant uprisings
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Influence of Alexander II’s personal views on Emancipation Act

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Found cruelties of serfdom offensive

Liberally educated

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Economic considerations of freeing the serfs

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  1. Russia needed to keep up with the West

2. Serfdom was a handicap to Russian industrialisation

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Political considerations of freeing the serfs

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  1. Didn’t want autocracy threatened

2. Did not benefit nobility as it held them back eg business ventures

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Moral and intellectual influences of freeing the serfs

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Growing group of educated people

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When was the Emancipation Act?

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3rd March 1861

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What ideology did Tsars believe in?

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Autocracy, orthodoxy, nationality

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Which war prompted Alexander to free the serfs?

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Crimean

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What was the date of the Emancipation Act?

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3 Mar 1861

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How long did the serfs have to pay redemption payments?

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49 years

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What was the name of the village commune that took some control from landowners after the Emancipation Act?
The Mir
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Which case (1878) led Alexander to stop open courts?
Vera Zasulich
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What kind of courts were peasant courts?
Volost
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How many miles of railway did Russia have by 1881?
14,009
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How much was conscription reduced to ?
25 years to 6
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What year was a state bank set up?
1860
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What year was the Municipal bank set up?
1862
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By how much did the number of schools increase to?
8000 in 1856 to 25,000 in 1878
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When were zemstva introduced?
1864
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When were dumas introduced?
1870
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Why did the Tsar intensify the backlash against reform after 1866?
Assassination attempt by Karakosov
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Who was appointed head of the Third Section in 1866?
Count Peter Shuvalov
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Who was appointed Minister of Education in 1866?
Count Dmitri Tolstoy
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3 stages of Emancipation
1. Transition period (2-9) 2. Redemption payment (49) 3. Freedom
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Nobility response to the Emancipation Act
- Redemption money swallowed by existing debt | - 1861-1905 land in noblemen's possession fell by 41%
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Peasant response to the Emancipation Act
- 647 peasant riots in the 4 months following publication - Now had less land than before - Legislation written from a theoretical point of view - Worse off- redemption payments
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Judicial reforms under Alexander II 1861-1881
Paid judges better so less corruption Open courts Introduction of juries
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Military reforms 1861-1881
More humane training of soldiers | Reduced length of sentence from 6y +9 (used to be 25)
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Economic reforms 1861-1881
Foreign investment increase Industrial workforce went from 860,000 to 1.32 million by 1887 Railway networks grew from 2,200 to 14,200
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Local government reforms 1861-1881
1864 zemstra introduced | 1870 dumas set up
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Political impact of the Russo-Turkish War
Russia gained land in Bessarabia
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Social impact of the Russo-Turkish War
Increase in opposition- minorities unhappy
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Political impact of the Crimean war (2)
Lost lands in Maldovia | Reforms in local government- emancipation
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Economic impact of the Crimean War
Highlighted economic and industrial backwardness- got foreign loans to build 20,000 km of track
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Education reforms
Introduced a 'new code'- secondary school students doubled
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Peasant living standards under the Tsars
Bad- Izba (wooden hut)
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AII use of secret police
Initially used the Third Section to exile opponents | Replaced with Okrahna in 1880- targeted specific groups
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Role of Okrahna under AII
Targeted specific individuals
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How effective was the Okrahna under AII?
Not that effective- multiple assassination attempts
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Zemstva
Local councils set up by AII in 1864
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Zemstvo
Local council
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Zemgor
Union of Zemstva | Gave medical supplies to the army during WW1
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Imperial Chancellery
1. Personal Secretariat 2. Legal advisers 3. Third Section
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The Senate
Supreme court in Tsarist Russia
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Committee of Ministers
Ministers who advised the Tsar
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Land Captains
Set up to keep law and order in the countryside
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The Third Element
Teachers, lawyers and doctors who dominated the zemstva
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Trial by jury removed for political crimes in....
1869
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When were universities banned from teaching subjects that required critical thinking?
1817
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University reform
1863 became self governing
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Peasant riots post emancipation
647
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Three sections of the Imperial Chancellery
Legal advisers Secretariat The Third Section
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Number of children in secondary schools under AII
Doubled 1855-65
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What percentage of Russia were serfs 1885?
82%
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Reutern reforms- railways
Increased sevenfold
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Industrial output
Doubled
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1855 __% of people living in rural areas
90%
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Light industry under Alexander II
Ludwig Loop from Manchester helped develop the textile industry

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