Russia Unit 1 - The rule of Tsar Nicholas

Question 1

name the topics within the unit

Answer 1

• character of Nicholas
• political/ social and econ issues of Russia 1894
• Opposition groups
• Role of Individuals
• Russo-Japanese war
• 1905 Revolution
• Dumas
• Stolypin
• State of 1914

Question 2

Character of Nicholas

Answer 2

• weak willed
• poorly educated
• family centred
• traditionalist autocrat

Question 3

Issues in 1894

Answer 3

• oppressive Alex III = Zemstva restricted - censorship - use of Land Captains - centralised police
• 9% annual industry growth - major power not econ
• foreign loans
• 80% peasantry slow urbanisation

Question 4

Opposition groups

Answer 4

• Liberals (Kadets / Octobrists)
• Revolutionaries ( SR / SD / Marxists / Populists)