russia and its rulers overall definitions

Question 1

autocracy

Answer 1

a system of government in which one person has total power.

Question 2

constitutional government

Answer 2

a government that is organised and administrated according to a set of written or unwritten rules.

Question 3

paternalistic

Answer 3

protecting the people

Question 4

Russian orthodox church

Answer 4

a branch of Christianity that was very traditional and that was independent from outside authorities such as the papacy. it taught the people to obey the tsar as he was said to be anointed by god.

Question 5

liberal democracy

Answer 5

a political ideology that promotes the right of the people to exercise freedom of choice. this would include the freedom to speak what one believes in, and the freedom to choose a representative in government.

Question 6

orthodoxy, autocracy and nationality

Answer 6

a slogan used by the tsars and Pobedonostev to justify and explain the conservative nature of tsarist rule.

Question 7

fundamental laws

Answer 7

basic laws that rienforced the ideology underpinning tsarist rule

Question 8

Land captian’s

Answer 8

landowners who were appointed from 1889 onwards, mainly to supervise the work of the regional councils , or Zemstva, that had been introduced by Alexander ii

Question 9

peoples will

Answer 9

a terrorist group consisting of members of the educated classes who were upset by Alexander 11’s refusal to continue with his reform programme after the mid 1860’s

Question 10

‘reaction’

Answer 10

Alexander iii reacted to the liberal reforms put together by his father by reversing them and introducing more repressive measures