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How vast was Russia
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8 million square miles twice the size of Europe and a sixth of the earths surface.
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4 million square miles but smaller than China
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How inhospitable was RUssia in 1855?
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Over two thirds
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Half
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Russia had huge amounts of natural resources why didn't it use them? ( 1855 )
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Lack of industrialisation
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They didn't want to
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What was the population of Russia in 1855?
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Around 69 million
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67 million
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How many were ethnic Russian of the population of 69 million in 1855?
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Less than half
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85%
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How much of the population lived in European Russia?
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3/4
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1/2
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What percentage of the population of 69 million in 1855 were serfs?
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85%
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54%
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What percentage of the population in Russia (1855) were literate?
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28%
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40%
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Landowners owned the land they were 10% of the total population, how much land did they hold?
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75% of all of Russia
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50% of all of Russia
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What political system was Russia under in 1855 - 1917
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Constitutional government
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Tsarist Autocracy
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How big was the army and what was the selection process
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1.5million peasant conscripts
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1.6million conscription of all classes from the age of 20
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In the army's promotion of the higher ranks was promoted by?
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Birth into higher classes
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Skill and merit
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In 1855 what was the time a peasant should serve in the army?
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25 years
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15 years
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Where did the conscripted serfs stay when in reserves?
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Army colonies
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Military colleges
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In an early attempt to reduce serfdom in 1803 Alexader I had made it legal for landowners to sell their land to serfs
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- True
- False
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How many people took advantage of Alexander I reform to land ownership in 1803 - 1855?
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100,000
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378,000
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Several Baltic States had already abolished serfdom
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- True
- False
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Nicholas I had convened 10 secret councils to discuss the issue of serfdom and had concluded?
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That it was ' an evil palpable to all '
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That it ' needed to be abolished for the economy to move forward '
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After a series of secret meetings in what years did Alexander II tour the country try making pro emancipation speeches?
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1858 - 1859
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1856 - 1857
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Who did Alexander II make these speeches to?
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Peasants and nobles
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Nobles
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Alexander II, several months after setting up groups of nobles to draw up plans for emancipation ( unpresidented inclusion of the people in tsarist legislation) what did he do
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Set up a commission of 38 led by Nicholas Milyutin that drew up an edict
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Went for lunch in St. Petersburg with Milyutin brothers
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The edict only initially applied to privately owned serfs and this left 27 million exempt
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- True
- False
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In the emancipationn serfs were to be released from bondage and become free men with legal rights?
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- True
- False
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Each family of serfs excluding domestic serfs received what?
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A cottage and an average 9 acre allotment
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A Lifetime supply of wood-shaving porridge
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In what way were the nobles compensated for their loss of land?
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With money in the form of government bonds
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With a letter from Alexander saying sorry
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In what method and for how long would serfs pay for their allotted land?
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Via redemption payments over 10 years with 7% interest per annum
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Via redemption payments over 49 years with 6% per annum
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Emancipated serfs were to stay within their Mir until they or their families had payed reparation payments in full
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- True
- False
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What did the Mir govern ( village communes )
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Distribution of land and payment collections
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Serf working hours ( after emancipation )
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Serfs had to continue to pay obrock for 2 years after the emancipation
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- True
- False
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Landowners would maintain ownership of meadows pasture and woodland after the emancipation.
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- True
- False
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Communal fields were to be held by the mir and farmed by any previous serfs?
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- True
- False
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Volosts were formed to supervise the Mir and acted as a form of peasant self government and from 1863 had thier own courts
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- True
- False
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In theory the process of freeing 21 million private serfs would take 2 years how long did it actually take?
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Just over 3 years
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20 years
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Who felt that the emancipation hadn't fully met thier interests?
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Nobles and peasants
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Peasants
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What were the peasants called that bought land from less prosperous serfs and produced surplus grain.
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Kulaks
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Prosperous ex serfs
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The nobles found the compensation useful what did many of them do with them?
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pay off debts and invest in railways, banking, industry and cities
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Buy a new houses with servents
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Russian industrialisation couldn't keep up with the influx of peasants into the cities, True or False?
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- True
- False
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under what system were the serfs who had sold their land allowed to travel to the cities?
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internal passport system
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the internal transport system
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many peasants resented the redemption payments and the lack of real change in their situations, True or False?
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- True
- False
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tick the statements that are true about land relocation after the emancipation of the serfs in 1861...
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the average plot of land for serfs in Russia was about 9 acres
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the plot sizes decreased in the Ukraine by approx. 30.8%
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only 50 % of peasants were able to produce a surplus of grain due to increasing agricultural backwardness
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nobles often gave the best land to peasants in sympathy
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as nobles and landowners were in charge of the volosts and zemstvas they often allocated the best strips of land to themselves and set prices for land above the market value giving peasants less money to spend on consumer goods decreasing internal market demand, in turn this meant the likelihood of industrialisation was low as there was no need of consumer goods.
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nobles didn't sell their land as it wasn't the law
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the Mir proved to be conservative in outlook and stood in the way of new industrial farming techniques from being implemented on farms, True or False?
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- True
- False
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tick the different attributes that the Mir governed on a local basis...
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issuing internal passports for movement within Russia
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could take away rights of peasants
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controlled tax and redemption payments
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could take peasants to court
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was made up of mostly peasants and elected by peasants
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disruptions broke out between landowners and peasants over redemption payments and land, in the four months following the Edict of 1861 how many riots were there?
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647
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500
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300
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575
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0
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the suppression of a riot in Bezdna, Kazan in 1861, by the military left 70 peasants dead, True or False?
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- True
- False
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when did the consequent military reforms to the emancipation of 1861 take place?
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1876-78
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1874-75
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1862-63
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after the emancipation the military was left with no conscripts so Dimitri Milyutin began a program of reform to create a smaller more professional army, True or False?
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- True
- False
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military service could no longer be used as a punishment by courts, True or False?
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- True
- False
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military colonies were abandoned True or False?
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- True
- False
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what changes were made to the way conscription in Russia worked?
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all were susceptible to conscription from all classes by the age of 18
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all classes had top serve for 15 years from the age of 20 6 years active service and 9 in the reserves
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only nobles could now be conscripted from the age of 20 and train in military colleges
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military punishments were made less severe to help morale in the army, True or False?
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- True
- False
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modern machinery and weaponry were introduced tick what improvements were made...
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iron-clad steam ships, strategic railways
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tanks, iron clad steamships and 100 submarines
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under Dimitri Milyutin 15 new regional command centres were set up
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- True
- False
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the cost of the army went down and the literacy rates of the army increased, largely due to military colleges. True or False?
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- True
- False
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how could nobles undermine the new conscription system?
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they could find substitutes in their place while they took the higher ranks so the army remained largely ruled by aristocrats and a peasant force.
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they completely ignored it facing no consequences
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what war did Russia take a very long time to win
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Russo-Turkish war 1877-78 took them a long time to win against the already crippled ottamans which should have been an easy target.
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Crimean War
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in what years were the consequent educational reforms to the emancipation of 1861 made?
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1862-1870
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1861-1863
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1864-1870
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1862-1866
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before the emancipation landowners had been in charge of judicial systems and infrastructure but now there was a void that needed filling, True or False?
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- True
- False
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elecetd local councils were introduced in 1863 as a result of a commision that was set up by Alexander and led by Nicholas Milyutin in 1860, what were they called?
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Uezd provincial level
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zemstva provincial level
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Dumy district level
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Dumy, cities
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Uezd district level
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The Zemstva representatives were chosen through ELECTORAL COLLEGES votes were weighted towards the nobles, True or False
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- True
- False
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From 1875 conscription was compulsory from the age of 20 for all classes, True or False?
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- True
- False
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After the military reforms of 1975, Iron clad steam ships and strategic railways were built, True or false?
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- True
- False
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what did the Zmestva control?
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Improvement of public service, e.g. Roads, education, etc.
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Taxes
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Redemption payments and allocation of land
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zemstvas were introduced in 1863, True or False?
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- True
- False
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When were Zemstvas introduced in cities as Dumas?
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1870
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1863
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1881
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1866
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Why were Liberals disappointed with the local government reforms of 1864-70?
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Didn't account for a national constitution or a full assembly.
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Didnt increase wages of those in the Zemstva
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True or False: Zemstvas were very effective as they were made up of people who knew the area particularly in the area of education and welfare...
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- True
- False
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True or False: since the Zemstva were full of liberal minded people like doctors and lawyers, they provided a forum of debate and criticism of the regime...
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- True
- False
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what did the electoral college system mean that the Zemstva was...
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Not truly a representative peoples assembly as it was heavily biased towards the higher classes i.e. Landowners and nobles
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really bad
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True or False the Zemstvas powers were limited, they had no control over taxes and provincial governors selected by the Tsar were responsible for judiciary and could overturn decisions of the Zemstva.
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- True
- False
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by 1914 how many of the 70 districts of Russia had a Zemstva?
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43/70
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60/70
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36/70
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3 years after the Emancipation Edict in 1864 who made the judicial reforms?
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Dmitrtii Zamyatnin
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Pobedonostev
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Perischevich
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True or False: the old judiciary system demanded a complete overhaul especially concerning property law after the emancipation
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- True
- False
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after the emancipation landowners wanted legal protection from any backlash they may get from the freed serfs.
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- True
- False
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before the emancipation serfs had little of any legal civil rights, they were presumed guilty unless proven innocent
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- True
- False
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the old system was heavily critised by the intelligentsia as there were no provisions for defence for the peasants
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- True
- False
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after 3 years of considerartion Dmitrii Zamyatnin introduced a new legal system modelled on the west
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- True
- False
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in Dmitrii Zamyatnin's new judical reforms what new legislation was introduced? ( Tick all of the applicable boxes)
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Equality before the law was established
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cases at district level were to be heard before barristers and a jury composed of land-owners randomly selected by the zemstva
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proceedings would be open to the public and conducted orally ( as opposed to in written form)
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the accused could now employ defence
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judges were to be appointed by the Tsar and were given better training and pay to negate corruption
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there was now a system of appeal
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local courts with magistrates appointed by the zemstva handled smaller petty crime and could not give out a sentence of more than one years imprisonment- these were independent of political control.
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volost courts were established to deal with those leaving serfdom they were overseen by peasants elected by peasants and could give out reprimands, fines of up to 300 roubles and prison sentences from 3 months to a year
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Freedom of press was extended to legal publishing, it was to be recorded in a state newspaper called the 'Russian Courier"
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opening up the courts to the public mean that lawyers could become celebrities and some used this opportunity to criticise the regime, True or False?
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- True
- False
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tick a correct example of Lawyers critisising the regime
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1878 Vera Zasulich who was acquitted of terrorism by a sympathetic jury after shooting the governor of St. Petersburg
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the case of Pobedonostev
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True or False after the case of Vera Zasulichall political crimes would now be dealt with by a special procedure and revolutionaries were arrested and dealt with by the Third Section
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- True
- False
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True or False, Military courts were excluded from the reforms , and in some regions trail by jury wasn't established.
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- True
- False
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who was the minister of education in the years 1862 -1867?
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Alexander Golovnin
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Prince Lvov
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Romanov
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in what years did the education reforms take place?
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1863 - 64
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1865 -67
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there was a need to create an educated Russian class that wasn't run by the conservative Russian Orthodox church which had previously been responsible for education, True or False?
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- True
- False
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emancipation meant that peasnat bedly needed some education so that they could manage their ownland with basic literacy and numeracy.
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- True
- False
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the regime was suspicious of mass education, True or False?
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- True
- False
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The Zemstva provided an opportunity for change within the educational system, True or False?
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- True
- False
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1862- 67 Alexander Golovnin managed to push through some reforms but was later replaced with the more conservative tolstoy
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- True
- False
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in what year were universities given the opportunity to govern themselves and appoint their own staff, under approval of the ministry of education?
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1863
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1864
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1867
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in what year was the responsibilty of education transferred from the Orthodox church to the Zemstva
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1864
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1867
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1863
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In Alexander Golovnin's education reforms extended primary and secondary education he also intrdouced modern schools fo those who didn't want a classiclal education and both of these offered university opportunities
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- True
- False
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In Alexander Golovnin's educational reforms schools wre made open and equal to all
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- True
- False
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how did the amount of schools rise from 1856-1880
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1856 primary schools 8000 and in 1880 there were 23000 primary schools and number of children in education went from 400,000 to over 1 million
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1856 7000 primary schools and in 1880 20,000 primarys chools and number of children in education had risen form 387,000 to over 2 million
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the curriculum remained conservative
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- True
- False
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when did the censorship reforms take place?
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1858- 1870
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1861 - 70
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1863-70
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Under Nicholas I censorship had been extensive, True or false?
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- True
- False
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in what year was censorship placed under the responsibility of the ministry of internal affairs?
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1863
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1862
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1861
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1865
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in what year did the press and book publishers receive guidelines which reduced restrictions of the press?
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1865
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1864
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1867
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foreign publications could now be sold in Russia after the new rules of censorship were passed in 1865 ( with the approval of the state)
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- True
- False
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The new courts system provided a fairer way in which to challenge censorship
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- True
- False
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in what year were editorials allowed to comment on the government and its policies?
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1865
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1867
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the new censorship laws led to growth in critical writing's such as Chernevsky's " What is to be done?"
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- True
- False
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what years did the new economic reforms take place under Mikhail Von Reutern ( Minister of finance 1862 -78 )
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1862 - 78
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1864-76
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tick all the improvements that Mikhail Von Reutern made to the Economy in Russia...
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Treasury was reformed to streamline government expenditure
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Tax farming was abolished
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State bank established in 1860, municipal 1862, savings 1869
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Trade policies were reformed to be more liberal
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The government offred to subsidise entrepreneurs to develop railways
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Foreign investment in Russia was encouraged
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The cotton and coal industries were encouraged ( taking advantage if the American Civil War 1861 -65)
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Other reforms worked in tandem to create a period of growth
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Comparatively Russias economy had remained weak
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in the years 1860-78 how much of the Governments income was composed of indirect taxation of peasants
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66%
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50%
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49%
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in the years 1860 - 78 how much of the governement's total expenditure was spent on debt?
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1/3
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1/2
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1/4
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during the years 1860 -78 the rouble fluctuated widely
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- True
- False
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the slow speed of railway construction undermined trade
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- True
- False
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In what years did the reforms to churches take place?
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1867-69
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1869-72
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what was another name for the new church reforms?
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Opium of the masses
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destruction of the Orthodox church
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it was feared that if the church fell in to disrepute it would weaken the regime
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- True
- False
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an Ecclasiastical commission set up in 1862 which was responsible for all church reforms
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- True
- False
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in what year did the church allow talented priests to gain promotion?
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1862
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1868
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The church reforms did little else than the previous, True or False?
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- True
- False
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in 1868 restrictions on national minorities from the beggining of A2's reign the Finns were allowed a national Diet, and catholicism was more accepted even jews had some relaxation in their restrictions, True or False?
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- True
- False
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most off the relaxation toward minorities was reversed in 1863, True or false?
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- True
- False
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one of the main reasons for reform was the failure of Russia in the Crimean War
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- True
- False
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what years was the Crimean war in ?
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1853- 56
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1854-55
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Russia faced a humiliating defeat to who in Balaclava in October 1854
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Britain
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France
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Britain, France, Turkey
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Britain, France, Turkey and Peidmont- Sardinia
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select the two other failures that took place 1854 -55
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Inkerman, November 1854
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Inkerman, November 1855
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Sebastapol 1855
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Sebastapol 1854
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which treaty ended the Crimean War?
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Treaty of Versailles 1918 - 1919
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Pourtsmouth Treaty August 23rd 1905
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Treaty of Paris 1856
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Treaty of Laussanne
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what were the terms of the Treat of Paris 1856 that affected Russia?
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limited Russian influence in the Black Sea and restricted deployment of Russian warships into the sea
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Russia had to destroy its fleet and only use ports for peaceful trade i.e. no weaponry.
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Russia was shown up as a " great power" True or False ( in the Crimean War)
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- True
- False
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Russia's serf conscript army was outdated and had inferior weaponry as its industry was incapable of keeping up with the demands of War select a correct fact about how limited the weaponry was
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1 musket to every 2 soldiers
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2/3 of Russia Soldiers in some battalions died before they even reached the frontlines
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1 shell per person per day
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Who put forward the idea of a new smaller more profesional army in 1874?
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Dmitrii Milyutin
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Dmitrii Zamyatnin
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Alexander II himself was one of the main reasons for reform in Russia between 1855 -1881 True or False
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- True
- False
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A2 had travelled widely as a youth and had academically studied the effects of serfdom
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- True
- False
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for how many years had he served on the council of state before becoming Tsar
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5
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10
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11
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15
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A2 frequently took the place of his father as Tsar when he wasn't present so had a lot of previous experience
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- True
- False
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Alexander II was committed to Autocracy , but saw the need for change to do what?
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Make life for the serfs better and more liberal like in the west
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the political system of Russia so that there was full suffrage
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in order to increase and maintain Russia prestige and status as a great world power
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Tsar Alenader II was surrounded by Liberal Westinsers Tick all of them that were in his court at any one time within hi reign...
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G.D. Constantine
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Trotsky
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Chernevsky
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Lenin
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Tolstoy
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Prince Lvov
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G.Ds Pavlovna
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Milyutin Bothers ( ministers of internal affairs and military)
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when Alexander II came to power he released some prisoners pardoned the Decemberists, relaxed censorship laws, and restored some liberties of Poland and the Catholic Church, True or False?
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- True
- False
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The Crimean War 1853 -56 had shown the economic backwardness of Russia and the need for economic reform, True or False?
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- True
- False
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Serfdom was a problem for industry for several reasons... Tick the boxes with the correct reasons
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Prevented the movement of workers to cities
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It limited the development of modern farming techniques which would allow for greater surplus' reduce famine i.e. The Great Famine 1891 etc. However, this was often stopped by the conservative Mir.
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Areas with free labour like Siberia were more productive
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Serfdom was creating debt INFO: nobles were being forced to mortgage land in order to maintain their lifestyle in the face on insufficient production FACT: by 1859, 66% of privately owned serfs had been mortgaged as nobles' loans from the state bank
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peasants were unable to pay their tithes FACT: 1855 the government was 54Million Roubles in debt!!!
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They were smelly
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They were always grumpy so no one wanted to visit Russia and invest
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The emerging Intelligentsia of the middle class argued for liberalisation meaning there was substantial need for political and moral reform but only to benefit the state overall, True or False?
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- True
- False
Frage 136
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the social stability of the countryside threatened by pushing of serfs and the military conscription of the Crimean War 1853 - 56 how many peasant uprisings were there in the decade up to the War?
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200
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300
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400
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10
Frage 137
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particular groups such as the Nihlists e.g. Herzen and Turgenev argued that the possesion of people like cattle was inherently wrong and these groups put pressure on the regime for more liberal treatment of the serfs
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- True
- False
Frage 138
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the reaction of the ex- serfs ( now to be called peasants ) was of disgruntled acceptance
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- True
- False
Frage 139
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Many peasant were untouched by the reforms and many simply bypassed institutions and dealt with problems independently
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- True
- False
Frage 140
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Serfs wre generally conservative and showed polite acceptance of the regime and the possible gains of regime wre outweighd by possible punishment
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- True
- False
Frage 141
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There were some uprisings after the emancipation edict of 1861 fell short of expectations most notable pf these is in Bezdna, Kazan where 70 were shot dead by the military.
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- True
- False
Frage 142
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reform had weakend the position of the nobility however they were compensated with Government bnds for their loss of land which allowed them to pay off debt and invest in railway or industrial efforts. Also they wre compensated with ositions of power in 1863 when the prvincial government or Zemstva was set up, they also maintained the higher ranks in military battalions and electorl college highly favoured them over the peasants.
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- True
- False
Frage 143
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The Liberals and Intellegentsia had demand for further change as the 1863 set up of the Zemstva and the 1870 Extention of them inot cities as Dumy wasnt ebough they wanted a full national assembly. Some became anarchsists and nihlists going on to found the populist movement and others became liberals choosing to work within the Zemstva to spread ideas for change.
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- True
- False
Frage 144
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There was much opposition towards the regime and the intelligentsia were split into two overall groups which were?...
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Nihlists
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Anarchists
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Westinisers
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Slavophiles
Frage 145
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The populists were slavophiles, True or False?
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- True
- False
Frage 146
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The populists followed the idea of writers like Herzen and Chernevsky " what is to be done"
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- True
- False
Frage 147
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Their main technique was to go to the people and get peasants to take up the idea of revolution they launched this firstly in 1870, True or False?
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- True
- False
Frage 148
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During the first Go To The People movement in 1870 thousands of middle class descended upon peasant communes to encourage revolution
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- True
- False
Frage 149
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The first Go To The People movement in 1870 was in two waves the first middle class dressed as peasants trying to gian theor trust and in the second they posed as doctors or teachers
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- True
- False
Frage 150
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The first Go To The People movement in 1870 Comprehensivley failed in every possible way and the peasants even handed some of the Populists in FACT: 1876 1600 populists arrested800 of which were put on trail
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- True
- False
Frage 151
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There were two main public trails of the populists tick the correct answers
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The Trail of the Fifty 1877
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The Trail of the Fifty Nine 1877
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The Trail of the 193, 1877 - 78
Frage 152
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The liberalisation of the press due to the lessening of censorship in 865 that allowed for court trails to be publised in the " Russia Courier" these trails just spread populist messages and in the trail of the 193, 153 were acquitted and the rest got mild sentences as the defendandts were allowed to make impassioned speeches
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- True
- False
Frage 153
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Overall, Populism was a failure
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- True
- False
Frage 154
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Land and Liberty were Slavophiles
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- True
- False
Frage 155
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The Land and Liberty group is made up of some of the Populists and they re-grouped in 1877
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- True
- False
Frage 156
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The populists thet regrouped into Land and Liberty in 1877 realised they had to target the regime instead of the peasantry
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- True
- False
Frage 157
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Land and Liberty assassinated several prominent Governement officials one of them being General Mezemstev, ( Head of the Third Section ) in 1878 they also sentenced the Tsar to death un-officially
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- True
- False
Frage 158
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Eventually the Land and Liberty Movement split into what two groups in 1879
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Bolshevicks
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Menshevicks
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The Black Partition
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The People's Will
Frage 159
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What was the Black Partiotion's aim?
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to redistribute all money evenly across all classes
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to end the conscription o peasants to the army
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To re- distribute land amongst peasants , with particular focus on the black soil areas of Russia
Frage 160
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The Black Partion worked peacefully spreading propaganda and creating ties with workers and students
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- True
- False
Frage 161
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It was led by Plekhanov , it fell after arrests in 1880-81 and collapsed as a group
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- True
- False
Frage 162
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The People's Will was led by Mikhailov
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- True
- False
Frage 163
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The Peoples Will subverted the government via assassinations and successfully assassinated the Tsar outside the Winter palace on March 13th 1881
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- True
- False
Frage 164
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In what year did The People's Will declare that the Tsar had to die?
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1879
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1878
Frage 165
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What sub- group do the liberals fall under
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Slavophiles
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Westinisers
Frage 166
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Liberals wanted reform rather than the complete abolishment of the Tsarist regime
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- True
- False
Frage 167
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The Liberals wanted a representative government, Civil liberties and a constitution
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- True
- False
Frage 168
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The Midlle classes were too small to warrant any true political parties , but groups of liberals operated from inside the dumy and Zemstva
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- True
- False
Frage 169
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Most liberals were peasants
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- True
- False
Frage 170
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Most liberals were gentry or professionals some of which were even present in the Tsar's court e.g. G.D. Constantine, The Tsarina and the Tsar's Mistress
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- True
- False
Frage 171
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Thanks to censorship reforms of 1863 allowingthe publication of foreing writings in Russia, Liberal literature became widely availible which encouraged the nihlist and anarchist movements
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- True
- False
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