Domestic And Military Reform

Question 1

What happened with conscription

Answer 1

Universal military service for all males aged 20
Reduced the period and of service from 25 to 6 years (9 years in the reserves)

Question 2

How was solider welfare improved

Answer 2

Abolished brutal punishment
Improved basic conditions

Question 3

How were military officers improved

Answer 3

Military colleges - better training and literacy improved

Question 4

How was technology and transport improved

Answer 4

Modern weapons and battleships
Development of the railway network

Question 5

Who still made up the majority of the army

Answer 5

Peasants

Question 6

Who still made up the majority of the officers

Answer 6

Nobility members

Question 7

What war did the Russian army win

Answer 7

The war against the Ottoman Empire
1877-78

Question 8

What did local government reform set up

Answer 8

Local government assemblies (Zemstva) at local and provincial levels

Question 9

What was the problem with the Zemstva electoral system

Answer 9

Gave more weight to nobility votes

Question 10

What powers did the Zemstva have

Answer 10

Education
Health
Transport
Poor relief

Question 11

Where did the chairmen of a Zemstva have to come from

Answer 11

A noble family

Question 12

What did the Zemstva have no control over

Answer 12

State or local taxation

Question 13

What year was local government reform

Answer 13

1864

Question 14

Who were happy with Zemstvas

Answer 14

Liberals

Question 15

When were judicial reforms

Answer 15

1864

Question 16

What measures were to reform the judiciary

Answer 16

Legal proceeding conducted in public
Could be reported on freely by the press
Access to the law was uniform for all classes
Charges assessed by jury trial
Independent judges (better pay and training)

Question 17

How often were justices of the peace elected

Answer 17

Every 3 years

Question 18

Who elected the justices of the peace

Answer 18

The Zemstva

Question 19

After the Judicial reform, what did the Tsar retain the right to do

Answer 19

Impose martial law during times of emergency (in response to the terrorist activity in the 1970s)

Question 20

Example of a guilty person being let off

Answer 20

Vera Zasulich

Question 21

When was Vera Zasulich let off

Answer 21

1878

Question 22

Who did Vera Zasulich shoot

Answer 22

General Trepov

Question 23

Where were juries not used

Answer 23

Poland
The Caucasus
Ecclesiastical
Military courts

Question 24

Why was there a greater need for education

Answer 24

Emancipation

Question 25

What happened to universities

Answer 25

Freedom to run their own affairs
Could appoint professors (approval of Ministry of Education needed)

Question 26

What happened to the responsibility of local education

Answer 26

Transferred from the church to the Zemstva

Question 27

Education was made available regardless of?

Answer 27

Class or gender

Question 28

By how many times did the number of children in primary school increase between 1856 and 1880

Answer 28

Increased 3x

Question 29

Between 1856 and 1880 what happened to the number of university students

Answer 29

Increased from 3,600 to 10,000

Question 30

What ideas did university lead to the spread of

Answer 30

Liberal and radical ideas

Question 31

How many books were published in 1855

Answer 31

1,020

Question 32

How many books were published in 1864

Answer 32

1,836

Question 33

How many books were published in 1894

Answer 33

10,691