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1881-1905 Flashcards

1
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Alexander II assassination by the People’s will

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1881

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2
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Creation of Land Captains

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1889

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3
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Alexander III’s manifesto

- absolute political power to the Tsar

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End of April 1881

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4
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The year land captains were made a part of the zemstva

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1890

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5
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Russian was made the official language RUSSIFICATION

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1885

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6
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Thousands of Jews fled from Russia due to pogroms RUSSIFICATION

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Early 1890s

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7
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Peasant land bank established

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1882

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8
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Ivan vyshnegradsky offered financial incentives to move to Siberia

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1889

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9
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Witte system placed emphasis on what 4 capital goods

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Iron, Steel coal and machinery

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10
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WITTE: investment from 3 countries

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Britain, France and Belgium

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11
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Much of the teams Siberian railway had been completed

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1903

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12
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WITTE: population of St Petersburg doubled between …

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1890 and 1914 from 1 million to 2 million ‍‍‍

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13
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Creation of the Social Democrat Party

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1898

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14
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Creation of the Social Revolutionary Party

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1901

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15
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Split of SDs Bolshevik and Mensheviks

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1903

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16
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  1. Appearance of populist movement
  2. Membership
  3. Aims + tactics
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  1. 1860s
  2. Educated middle class, university students
  3. Attempts to gain mass support of the peasantry and extreme tactics - ‘the people’s will’ after this failed
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17
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Division of the liberals into two major groups

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1905

Kadets and octoberists

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18
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Leader of SRs

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Victor Chernobyl

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19
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People’s will (SR terrorist wing) responsible for a wave of political assassinations between…

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1901 and 1905, including tsars uncle grand duke Sergei in 1905

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20
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Marxist ideas party

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Social democrats

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21
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What is to be done? Lenin date published

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1902

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22
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Second party congress of the social Democratic Party - faction split

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1903

23
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The emancipation of the serfs

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1861

24
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Russian population growing

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From 98 million in 1885 to 125 million by 1905

25
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Harvest failures dates

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1892, 1898 and 1901

26
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Assassination of Grand Duke Sergei

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4 February 1905

27
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Russians forced to surrender their Port Arthur naval base in North China

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January 1905

28
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Battle of Tsushima

Military humiliation

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May 27 1905

29
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Russian Baltic Fleet had sailed almost halfway round the world, how many warships…?

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25 out of 35 warships

30
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400,000 workers went on strike in response to Bloody Sunday

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February 1905

31
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General strike

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20 September to 30 October

32
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Black Sea flee, Potemkin mutiny

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June 1905 - undermined the tsar’s authority

33
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St Petersburg Soviet

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Product of general strike October 1905

34
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St Petersburg soviet end

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3 December when government troops arrested leader

35
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October manifesto

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30 October 1905

36
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Peasant uprising, first one in Kursk province

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February 1905

37
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‘Union of the Russian people’

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October 1905 political group linking pro government terrorists including black hundreds

38
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The fundamental law

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1906

39
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Article 87

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Right to the tsar to govern by decree

40
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First Duma

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Elected April 1906

41
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First Duma lasted…

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73 days

42
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14 newspapers banned between

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1882 - 1889

43
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Peasant land bank

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1882

44
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Universities closed due to demonstrations

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1889

45
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Universities under government control

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1884

46
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How much of annual expenditure on the army 1881?

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45%

47
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Alexander III’s death

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1894

48
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WITTE SUCCESS 1900

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Half industrial force were working in a factory with over 1000 workers

49
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Introduction of zemstva

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1864

50
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WITTE SUCCESS coal production rose

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From 3.2 tonnes per year 1880 to 26.8 1910

51
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Peasant ownership of land increase

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20% to 50%

52
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How many death sentence

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1144

53
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Redemption payments abolished - stolypin

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New Year’s Day - 1907

54
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Field court martial stolypin

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(1906-7)

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