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two divisions of serfs

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obrok and barschina

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obrok serfs

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pay rent

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barschina serfs

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pay w/ labour

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who had abolished serfdom but not granted land

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baltic states of Estonia livonia and Kurland 1816 -1819

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evidence of Nicholas I against serfdom

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‘evil palpable to all’ - ten secret committees but little change

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problems w/ serfdom

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-no consumerism
-corruption
-unrest

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kulak

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rich peasant

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Izba

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peasant hut

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usab’bd

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land around cottage

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what is slavophilism

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supremacy of Russian + slav culture over western

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Political causes Alexander reform

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-abolish from above before serfdom revolts from below 50 million countryside peasants mourning 600,000 Russians in Crimea war

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crimean war as cause for reform

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-50 million countryside peasants mourning 600,000 Russians in Crimea war

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what was period 1855 to 1860 one of

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reform

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period mid 1860 - 1881

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reaction

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two strands of debate for Alexander II

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-slavophils = look to Russian inner strength
-westerners = sought to copy reforms of Western Europe

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evidence of contemporary westerner

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B chicherin

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Alexander did not want to reduce power of autocracy but make it

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more efficient

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evidence of peasant uprising as a cause for emancipation

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1825 Decembrist revolt - unsuccessful but demonstrates autocracy could not continue if no acceptance of reform

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when was emancipation edict

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march 1861

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evidence of peasants remain tied to state

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redemption payments to their obshchina ( village mir / commune) for 49 years

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evidence peasant riots after emancipation

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647 riots - (some angry at loss land / believe landlord concealed the real terms of the edict)

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how much land did peasants lose

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4.1% of pre 1861 agricultural holding

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BUT what can be said about protest immediately after

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Graham derby ‘ immediate protests but then relative peace for 40 years’

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Graham Derby evidence of economic benefit

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overall production increase 122% - as peasants adopt new techniques and crops

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debate on impact of obschchina control on peasant movement and internal passports
-Gerschenkron ' retardation of economy as no freely mobile workforce' -Falkus ' internal passports issued quickly w/ 2-3 million no land peasants = large pool available labour'
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Overall opinion on economic advancement in Russia
-despite mild agricultural success osbschina payments + restriction on peasant movement = fails to produce consumer society
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what should be considered the real significance of emancipation
provide impetus for further reform
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case study of peasants misunderstanding
Bezdna village - believe 'true freedom' granted + landowners were concealing real aims ( as they were illiterate) 100 peasants killed in revolt
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by 1905 how much less did the nobles earn
40% less than 1861
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what did the edict cause for the landowning class
damaged economic fortune + signalled downturn in Socio economic status
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CA to nobles disadvantaged from edict ( to be disproved)
543 million roubles payed in redemption payments
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disprove stat on success in redemption payment landowner
as 62% private owned serfs mortgaged to state 248 million roubles absorbed by creditors
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who were the Milyutin Brothers
Nicholas Alexander (drafted emancipation edict) + Dmitriii ( minister war 1861-81)
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what did Milyutin want to do in military ?
form a smaller more efficient + less expensive army
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3 examples of military reform
-service no longer a court punishment -conscription 25 yrs --> 15 yrs -modern weaponry introduced - augment efficiency
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when were military reforms put into place
1875
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However issue in military
-officer class made of aristocrats + illiterate peasants could not benefit from education therefore remains peasant conscript army - 1878 Turkey victory took longer than expected against a decaying nation
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further example of military defeat
1904-05 Japan defeat
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example of Russia failing to recover military international position
-1878 Congress Berlin - Britain Germany + Austria demand russia had to scrap treaty San Stefano w/ creation of Big Bulgaria
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what was Treaty San Stefano 1878
end Turkish war + Russia gains large Bulgaria under Russian control ( lost at Congress Berlin)
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Local Government - what left a void
abolition of patriarchal authority of local gentry
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1864 what did Milyutin put into effect?
-local councils - zemstva -elected through electoral colleges of each societal group
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evidence of mild reform in zemstva
made up of liberal intellectuals = room for debate + criticism on central gov
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However reality of zemstva
no control over taxes + appointment officials - 1914 only 43/70 provinces had established provincial assembly
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what should zemstva be deemed?
'innocuous organs of central gov' - presidents appointed + cannot levy taxes - nobles regain some control
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as a result of control over zemstva
produced some educational reforms operating within limited scope
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who led to zemstva becoming 'innocuous organs of central gov'
-minister interior Valuev persuades Alexander II of dangers of peasant power
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evidence of judicial reform
-volost courts w/ peasant judges elected every 3 yrs by peasants -freedom of press - cases recited in 'The Russian Courier' -judges given better pay = less bribery -25 defects discovered and improved
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however evidence of corruption
Vera Zasulich 1878 shot gov of St Petersburg + found not guilty as Jurys detest governor - case discredits jury system
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problem in education + solution
previously controlled by church now by zemstva - ministry education primary skills 8,000 to 23,000 1880
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evidence of expansion education -
primary skls doubled to 800,000 in first decade reign
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further evidence of education success universities
students from 3,600 to 10,000 by 1870s
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however downside of education success
increase radical + militant thinkers = gov need to reassert control
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what was press allowed to do in 1865
print editorials w/ comments on gov policy
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growth in number books under censorship laws
1,000 1855 to 10,600 by 1894
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however by end of Alexander's reign censorship
becomes tighter again as growth critical thinking 1873 Tsar bans topics of discussion
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who was minister finances 1862-78
Von Reutern
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when was state bank introduced
1860
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when were municipal banks introduced
1862
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when were saving banks introduced
1869
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what was tax farming
-groups gained right to collect taxes ABOLISHED -reduce corruption
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growth of Russian railways
gov subsidies allow entrepreneurs to develop railway 3,000 - 14,700 miles in 1883 - more efficient therefore prices fall
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failure of economic reforms in expenditure
1/3 consumed by debt
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who was minister education
Golovnin 1862-67
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what was 1/3 debt a result of
instability of the ruble inherited by Nicholas I's minister Count Kakrin
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why was Golvnin replaced by Toltstoy in education and effect
1866 shot fired at Tsar unsuccessful but Tolstoy restricts education + censorship

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