Did Russia Have More Strengths Or Weaknesses In 1855

Question 1

Name some of the political strengths in Russia [1855]

Answer 1

• Strong autocracy = decisions made swiftly
• Clear identifiable figurehead
• Defined Russian principals
• Control and support of the church

Question 2

Political weaknesses

Answer 2

• Autocracy = no freedom of speech
• No sharing and development of ideas - what t he tsar said was final
• Russia was MASSIVE = difficult to control

Question 3

Economic strengths

Answer 3

• Good exporter of agricultural goods
• self sufficient people
• some new tech for more efficient harvest

Question 4

Economic weaknesses

Answer 4

• Poor communications = missing out on some exports
• No industrialisation
• The wealthy had no intrest in generating capital
• 90% of the finance were generated form then serfs
• Most people were self sufficient = no money moving = no buying power
• Foreign debt form the construction of the railway system

Question 5

Social strengths

Answer 5

• Russia was very big
• Rigid and heichal society
• DIVERSITY

Question 6

Social weaknesses

Answer 6

• Barren countryside
• most of the country were illiterate
• Serf were privately owned
• lack of human rights for the people
• Fuedal like and outdated system
• DIVERSITY = Hard to accommodate and not representative fo all the minorities = more upset

Question 7

When did the Crimean war start and end?

Answer 7

1853-53

Question 8

What were the causes for the war and who was it between

Answer 8

Russia and the Ottoman Empire

Russia saw an opportunity to expand ad the sultan was having trouble controlling the Turks

Question 9

What was the outcome and why?

Answer 9

Russia lost emrassingly lol

Due to:

• cholera
• bad transport
• inadequate leadership

Question 10

What & when was the treaty of Paris

Answer 10

March 1856

Humiliating document Russian was forced to sign that prevented Russian ships from entering the Black Sea (good for trade)

Question 11

What was the significance of the Crimean war?

Answer 11

It was an example of Russian weakness.

Shows how outdated their methods and military was

Russia is orthodox Christal country and they lost to a Muslim country

Russia was though to be a superior nation and lost to a dismissing empire

Displays the Tsars incompetence

Makes people question if 1 person should have to head ALLA o fthe decisions etc…

Question 12

Did Russia have a supply of natural resources?

Answer 12

YES! But it was un used due to poor communications.

Question 13

What was the population of Russia in 1858

Answer 13

74 million

Question 14

Siberia is more than _________ the size of russia

Answer 14

Half