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1
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What calendar was. Used until 1918

A

The Julian calendar

2
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Less than half of the Russian population were

A

Russian by birth

3
Q

List 5 ethnic groups in Russia

A

Baltic Germans

Lithuanians

Poles

Ukranians

Orthodox Greeks

4
Q

Between ____ and ____, the Russian Empire was ruled by _____, a member of the ______ dynasty.

A

1825 - 1855

Tsar Nicholas 1st

Romanov

5
Q

In 1855 the Russian empire was reliant on _____, a system whereby the majority of people were ____ or ____ ‘owned’ by wealthy _____.They made up __% of the population.

A
Serfdom
Serfs
Peasants
Landowners
90%
6
Q

Serfs were forced to be _____ and had to serve in the army for ___ years. There were regular _____.

A

Conscripted
25
Uprisings

7
Q

What was tsardom based on?

A

‘Autocracy, Orthodoxy and Nationality’

  • said by Sergei Uvarov
8
Q

When did Nicholas re-establish the secret police?

A

1826

9
Q

What was the system of government?

A

Autocratic delegation of ministers

10
Q

The army consumer _% of the governments budget

A

45%

11
Q

Serfdom prevented Russia from experiencing an…

A

Industrial revolution

12
Q

There was no ______ but was later created by the ______. The nobles enforce the _____.

A

Middle class
Children of nobles
Tsar’s decree