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1. Nicholas II character Flashcards

1
Q

Who tutored Nicholas?

A

Pobedonstev

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2
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What was the impact of Pobedonstev on Nicholas childhood?

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He was Nicholas’ tutor

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3
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What was the soviet view of Nicholas?

A

Cruel

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4
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What was the nickname given to Nicholas in the soviet view

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Bloody Nicholas

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5
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Who gave Nicholas the name bloody Nicholas?

A

Soviets

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6
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What did Nicholas not have in the administration process?

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Private secretary

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7
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What did Nicholas insist on doing?

A

Dealing with trivial matters

Filing or putting royal seal in envelopes

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8
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What was last on the Tsars mind?

A

Discussions with ministers over state affairs

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9
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At what point when the country needed him did the Tsar consider trivial matters?

A

Russia’s involvement in war

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10
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How did the Tsar portray a sense of duty?

A

Took command of Russian military in the First World War

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11
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When did Nicholas take command of the Russian Military?

A

During the First World War

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12
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What did entering the war cause?

A

Patriotism within the educated classes

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13
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What was Nicholas attitude towards governing?

A

Based of faith in god
Sense of duty
Rigid belief in autocracy

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14
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What did the Tsar believed were linked

A

Religion and Tsari

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15
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When was Nicholas dependence on God shown?

A

Fundamental laws stated that the Russian Emperor possessed supreme autocratic powers and God commands obedience to his authority

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16
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When did Nicholas say Russian Emperor possessed supreme autocratic powers and God commands obedience to his authority

A

1906 fundamental law

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17
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What right did Nicholas believe in?

A

Divine right

18
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When was Nicholas coronation?

A

May 1896

19
Q

What happened in May 1896?

A

Nicholas Coronation

1,400 people killed and 600 injured in Khodynka field

20
Q

When were 1,400 people killed and 600 injured in Khodynka field

A

May 1896

21
Q

Where were 1,400 people killed and 600 injured in May 1896

A

in Khodynka field

22
Q

What did Nicholas do after 1,400 killed and 600 injured in Khodynka field on May 1896?

A

Went to a party

23
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What did article 31 say?

A

Emperor is autocratic and unlimited monarch

24
Q

What dynasty was Nicholas II a part of?

A

Romanov

25
Q

Who did Nicholas believe have him the right to be Tsar?

A

God (Orthodox Church)

26
Q

What reforms did Alexander II introduce?

A

Emancipation of serfs in 1861
Zemstvas (local council)
More universities and schools
Refined the army and supplied them more effectively

27
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What Tsar introduced the 
Emancipation of serfs in 1861
Zemstvas (local council) 
More universities and schools 
Refined the army and supplied them more effectively
A

Alexander II

28
Q

When did Alexander II emancipate the serfs

A

1861

29
Q

What did Alexander II do in 1861

A

Emancipate the serfs

30
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What did Nicholas do after the Klodynka fields?

A

Attended a French ball

31
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Why was the choice of Nicholas wife problematic

A

Dominated Nicholas’ decision and pushed for him to be more conservative

32
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At what age did Nicholas come to the throne in 1894?

A

26

33
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What did Nicholas say when his father died?

A

He wept and said ‘I am not prepared to be a Tsar. I never wanted to become one’

34
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When had Nicholas wept and said ‘I am not prepared to be a Tsar. I never wanted to become one’?

A

When he was informed of his fathers death

35
Q

What did Nicholas believe caused revolutionary ideas?

A

Product of ‘dark forces’ and attributed them to the Jewish minority plotters and university student

36
Q

What did Nicholas believe was the product of ‘dark forces’ and attributed them to the Jewish minority plotters and university student?

A

Revolutionary ideas

37
Q

What did Nicholas do in 1890?

A

Went on a world tour where he was able to visit Egypt, India, Singapore and Japan. In each area, he was honoured as a distinguished guest

38
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When had Nicholas went on a world tour where he was able to visit Egypt, India, Singapore and Japan?

A

1890

39
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How was Nicholas treated in his 1890 world tour?

A

In each area, he was honoured as a distinguished guest

40
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What happened to Nicholas in his 1890 world tour when he went to Japan?

A

Attacked by one of his excoriating policemen, leaving them with a 9cm scar

41
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How did Witte describe Nicholas?

A

More intelligent than his father

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