Failures of Autocracy

Question 1

What were the Key Themes of Tsarist Russia?

Answer 1

• Autocratic rule
• Influential role of the Church.
• The rise of political awareness.
• Oppressive regime

Question 2

What was the Russian Social structure in the 19th Century?

Answer 2

• 0.1% Royal Family and Nobel Classes
• 11.4% Non-Productive Middle Class
• 88.5% Productive Working Class (Peasants and the Proletariat)

Question 3

What were the Political failures of the autocracy?

Answer 3

• No political rights for the majority of Russians.
• Politics driven underground
• Middle class unrepresented
• Working class suppressed
• There was no parliament
• Weak central administration
• False promises

Question 4

What were the Societal Failures of the autocracy?

Answer 4

• Limited civil rights
• narrow religious rights.
• late industrialization.
• Police, law, and militia in control of the ruling elite
• Anti-semitism deeply ingrained in Russian society.
• Repressive policies
• Appalling living conditions.