Tsar Reformer Flashcards
(16 cards)
What percentage of serfs were still temporarily obligated by 1881?
15%
Who was Alexander II’s tutor?
Zhukovsky
Define ‘temporary obligated’.
The continuation of paying rent or labour for a further 2 years before achieving the status of freemen
What year and tsar had made it legal for landowners to sell land to their peasants?
1803- Alexander I
What years did Alexander II tour Russia making pro- emancipation speeches?
1858- 1859
What years were military reforms take place?
1874- 1875
Who was minister of war between 1861- 1881?
Dmitrii Milyutin
What year did judicial reforms take place?
1864
How often were judges in volost courts elected?
Every 3 years
What years did local government reforms take place?
1864- 1870
What years did educational reforms take place?
1863- 1864
What year were universities given to opportunity to govern themselves?
1863
Why year was the responsibility for schooling transferred from the Church to the Zemstva?
1864
What years did censorship reforms take place?
1858- 1870
What years did church reforms take place?
1867- 1869
What years did economic reforms take place?
1860- 1878
