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Flashcards by Tulsi Patel, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| who was the tsar of russia from 1855-1881? | alexander ll |
| what did the tsar do in 1861? | emancipate the serfs |
| what slogan was konstanin pobedonostev famous for? | 'autocracy, orthodoxy and nationality' |
| what did the 'statue of state security' law establish? | government controlled courts |
| how many newspapers were banned in the period 1882-1889? | 14 |
| what was the tsars secret police called | okhrana |
| what was introduced in 1889 to help the tsar control russia? | land captains |
| approx how many people died in the famine of 1891-1892 | 1.5 to 2 million people |
| two main men responsible for industrial reform under alexander ll | vyshnegradsky 1887-1892 witte 1892-1903 |
| what began construction in 1891? | trans siberian railway made to help industrial reform |
| how much foreign investment did russia receive in the period 1897-1900 | 144 million roubles |
| in 1914 how much money did russia owe to other countries? | 8 billion roubles |
| in 1913 how much did industry contribute to the national income? | 20% |
| who became tsar in 1894? | nicholas ll |
| what did the tsar refuse from 1894-1905 | a parliament |
| what happened in odessa 1903? | strikes which were eventually supressed by troops |
| what did the tsar encourage toward jews | pogroms |
| role of the 'black hundreds'? | support tsars governening |
| nationality of tsarina alexandra | german |
| when did WWl start | 1914 |
| what was the russian church called | russian orthodox church |
| 1881 who died | alexander ll |
| 1904-5 what war took place | russo japanese war |
| who replaced witte in 1905 | pytor stolypin |
| when was stolypin assassinated | september 18th 1911 Kiev ukraine |
| duma l | - opens 27th april 1906 - dissolved after 72 days - known as duma of public anger -2/391 requests passed - |
| what was the vyborg manifesto? | issued by 200 duma deputies asking russians to resist the tsar through non payment |
| duma ll | - 20th feb 1907 till 3 june 1907 - passed a land reform - police framed radicals for encouraging mutinies so tsar dissolves it |
| duma lll | - duma of lord and lackeys - 1907 till june 1912 - stolypin uses this to push through land reforms |
| duma lV | - nov 1912 till august 1914 - land captains introduced in 892 were replaced by justices of the peace - army and navy improved - universal primary education within ten years |
| when was the russian social democratic party established | 1898 |
| 1903 SDP splits into? | bolsheviks and mensheviks |
| who led the social revolutionaries | chernov |
| two main liberal groups in the early 20th century | kadets and octobrists |
| population in 1905? | 125 million |
| who was assassinated 1905 | grand duke sergie |
| what did russia surrender to japan in jan 1905 | port arthur |
| battle of tsushima | battle were the russian baltic fleet was defeated by the japanese |
| who led protestors in jan 1905 against the war with japan | father gapon a russian orthodox preist |
| in 1906 what did stolypin make it easier for russian peasants to leave | communes/mir |
| what was declared in moscow in june 1914 | general strike |
| what was total russian agricultural prodcution in 1906 | 45.9 million tonnes |
| name two battles which the russians lost against the germans in 1914 | battles of tannenberg and masurina lakes |
| who entered WWl on the side of germany in nov 1914 | turkey |
| who became commander in chief of the rusian armed forces in 1915? | nicholas ll replaces grand duke nicolai |
| what group was formed in the duma in 1915 | progressive bloc |
| name the incompetent minister of internal affairs appointed by the tsarina | alexander protopopov |
| name the monk who advised tsarina | rasputin, initially called in to treat the tsars son for haemophillia |
| who killed the monk | 1916 dec by prince lvov |
| when did the tsar abdicate | march 15 1917 |
| approx how many workers went on strike in petrograd on jan 9th 1917 | 140,000 |
| approx how many people were striking in petrograd on feb 25th 1917 | 200,000 |
| the petrograd soviets order no.1 | all officers had to be elected by their soldiers |
| what did the duma establish to take over the running russia | 12 man committee |
| town where tsar became trapped by strikers | pskov |
| who did the tsar offer his throne to | grand duke michael |
| tsars family name | romanov |
| first leader of the pro gov | prince lvov |
| what was established march 1st | petrograd soviet |
| two main parties who dominated the pro gov | octobrists and kadets |
| petrograd soviet became what | all russian soviet in june 1917 |
| pro gov known as | dual gov |
| march 1917 petrograd soviet declares | they would only support a defensive war |
| new pm in july 1917 | kerensky |
| who was lenin | leader of the bolsheviks |
| lenin exiled where | switzerland |
| who supported bolsheviks the most | industrial working class |
| july days? | 3rd-6th |
| sailors of the naval base who protested against the gov | kronstadt sailors |
| how many bolsheviks surrendered to troops loyal to the pro gov on 6th july 1917 | 500 |
| who became commander in chief of the russian armed forces in july 1917 | kornilov |
| who gave who weapons and why | kerensky gave the bolsheviks weapons to protect petrograd |
| where was the pro gov based | winter palace |
| bloshevik fighters | red guard |
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