Russian History

Vocabulary
1. Reformer
  1. Someone who makes a change, making society more open and forward looking
  2. Westerniser
2. Reactionary
  1. Someone who makes changes to society so that it returns back to how it used to run
  2. Slavophile
3. Autocracy
  1. All the power is in the hands of one person
  2. E.g. Russian Tsar
Key individuals
1. Alexander III: Policies
  1. Political
    1. Zemstva Act change voting and reduced peasant representation
    2. Secret Police
    3. Exiled to Siberia
    4. Increased government interference within law courts
    5. Made it possible to appeal against the Mir
  2. Economic
    1. Law to end temporary obligations
    2. Forced industrialisation
    3. Peasants were given cheap credit to buy land
    4. Factories and railways began to be built
  3. Social
    1. Fess for university were increased to exclude all but the rich
    2. Closed higher education for women
    3. Teaching at schools was highly controlled
    4. Working conditions were supervised
    5. Child labour was regulated and the hours were reduced
    6. Vocational schools were set up
    7. Compulsory education for factory workers
  4. Cultural
    1. Russification
    2. Russian was the official language
    3. Enforced the Orthadox church
    4. Attacks on the church
    5. Dissenters had increased rights
2. Witte
  1. Political
    1. Conditions before
      1. Only half of agricultural land was producing surpluses which could be sold
      2. In 1881 21,228km of Russian Railway network had been constructed
      3. Russia was losing status due to poor army
    2. Conditions after
      1. Peasant uprising
      2. Military power developed
      3. Large cities grew
    3. Policies
      1. Peasant taxes
      2. Factories built
      3. Military improvement
      4. Construction of the Trans-Siberian railway
      5. Emphasis on the production of capital goods
  2. Social
  3. Economic

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