Nicholas II

Question 1

When was the emancipation of the serfs?

Answer 1

1861

Question 2

What were the 1861 redemption payments and what was the result?

Answer 2

Payments that had to be made by liberated serfs for the land they had cultivated for years and now owned. The terms of payment were harsh and resulted in long lasting bitterness in rural areas

Question 3

Who was Tsar Alexander assassinated by and when? What was the result of this?

Answer 3

Tsar Alexander II was assassinated by the People’s Will in 1881. This resulted in a period of ferocious government crackdown on Tsarist opponents under Tsar Alexander III, known as the reaction