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1
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how many serfs did AII emancipate in 1861

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51 million

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2
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what has his decision to emancipate been hailed as

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the product of the tsars own liberal and humanitarian ideas

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what was the emancipation followed by

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reforms in other areas such as the army, local gov, judiciary

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4
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what has the series of reforms led to

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him being given name ‘Tsar Liberator’

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5
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what does Emmons refer to emancipation edict as

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piece of state directed manipulation of society aimed to strengthen social and political stability rather than product of liberal thinking

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what does Emmons state reforms were intended for

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maintaining tsarist authority

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what does Emmons interpretation suggest

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it backfired and created division between gov and landed gentry

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8
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what could AII views on serfdom have been shaped by

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  • romantic tutor- Zhukovsky
  • travels around empire
  • party of st Petersburg progress
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9
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which other family members had been committed to abolition of serfdom for sometime

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GD Konstantin (Brother)
GD Elena (AUNT)
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10
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what were alexanders natural tendencies

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conservative rather than liberal

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11
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what alarmed AII and convinced him that change needed to occur

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increase in peasant uprisings since 1840s

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12
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what were the main catalyst for action

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humiliations an efficiencies of Crimean war

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13
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who pleaded for reform in order to ‘strengthen the state and restore dignity’

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Dmitry Milyutin

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what did Dimtry Milyutin believe about the army

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needed modernising and only a free population would provide labour needed for military improvement

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15
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what was AII like in conserving autocracy

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determined to maintain autocracy and uphold god given duties but felt pressure for reform

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16
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how did AII begin his reign

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releasing political prisoners and pardoning decemberists

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17
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who were decemberists

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group involved in plot to assassinate his father

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18
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what did AII relax at start of his reign

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controls on censorship, restrictions on foreign travel and uni entrance

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19
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what did AII ask nobles for in March 1856

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asked them to produce suggestions for an emancipation measure

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20
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how did AII try and win noble support for emancipation

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toured countryside giving pro emancipation speeches

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21
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who did emancipation edict initially apply to

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privately owned serfs

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22
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when did state serfs receive freedom

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1866

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23
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what did emancipation edict grant

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serfs freedom and an allotment of land

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24
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what did landowners receive under emancipation edict

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government compensation

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25
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what were freed serfs required to pay

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redemption payments to the government over 49 years

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26
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where did the serfs have to stay until redemption payments were made

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within the mir/peasant commune

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27
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what was the mir made responsible for

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distributing allotments, controlling farming and collecting and paying peasants taxes

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28
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what were volosts established for

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to supervise the mirs

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29
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what were volosts

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peasant communities consisting of several villages/hamlets

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30
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from when did the volosts run their own courts

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1863

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31
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what did the volosts replace

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the landlords jurisdiction over serfs

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32
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what period was there befpre freedoms were granted

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a two year period of temporary obligation

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33
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what happened during the temporary obligation period

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allocations were worked out

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34
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what land did landowners keep

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meadows, pasture, woodland and a personal holding

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35
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what land was given to the mirs

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open fields

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36
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how many serfs remained ‘temporary obligated’ to their landlords until 1881

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15%

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37
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when was redemption made compulsory

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1881

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38
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who did well out of land allocation

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kulaks

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39
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why did kulaks do well

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bought up extra land-produce surplus grain- export

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40
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who raised living standards

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those who obtained passport to leave Mir- worked in industrialising cities

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41
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how did landowners benefit

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used compensation to get out of debt

42
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why did peasants feel cheated by emancipatopn

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land allocations unfair + land allocated divided as sons inherited land and shared

43
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what persisted as a result of mir being so traditional

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subsistence farming and technical backwardness

44
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what percentage of peasantry able to produce surplus by 1878

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50%

45
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what made rural life difficult after emancipation

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loss of former benefits, restrictions on travel and burden of redemption payments

46
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what led to violent outbreaks in countryside

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resentment of kulaks

47
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what did landowners resent after emancipation and what occurred as a result

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loss of influence- student protests

48
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who reorganised the armed forces

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Dmitry Milyutin

49
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what did milyutin want armed forces to be

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smaller, more professional and efficient and less expensive

50
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what was made compulsory for all classes (military)

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conscription at the age of 21

51
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what was the length of military service reduced from and to

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25-15 years with 10 in reserves

52
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which military system was abandoned under milyutins reforms

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military colonies

53
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what were the reforms to military punishments

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they were made less severe

54
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what medical reforms were there in the military

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better provisioning and medical care established

55
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what happened to weaponary and command structure in reforms

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modern weaponry and a new command structure established

56
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why were military colleges set up

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to provide better training for non-noble officer corps

57
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how was literacy within the army improved

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mass army education campaigns in 1870s-90s

58
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what happened to the officer class as a result of military reforms

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still remained largely aristocratic

59
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how did the wealthy get around the military reforms

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found substitutes to serve in their place

60
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did military reform fix problems of supply and leadership?

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no problems still continued

61
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who did the army struggle to win wars against

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turkey (1877-78)
japan (1904-05)
Germany (1914-17)

62
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zemstva

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system of elected local councils established to replace rights and obligations of former serf owning gentry

63
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at which two levels were the zemstva

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district and provincial

64
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how were the members of the zemstva chosen

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through a system of electoral colleges

65
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problem with voting procedure of zemstva

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arranged in a way that allowed nobility to dominate

66
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what were the zemstva given the power to do

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improve public services, develop industrial projects and administer poor relief in times of hardship

67
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what did the establishment of a degree of representative government raise the hopes of

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members of intelligentsia who wanted representative national assembly

68
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why was power of zemstva limited

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had no control over taxes and provincial gov could overturn zemstva decisions

69
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why were the zemstvas never truly people assemblies

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they attracted doctors, lawyers and scientists who used meetings as opportunity to debate political issues and criticise central gov

70
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in which areas was an overhaul of law particularly needed

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property rights and a change in the administration of local justice

71
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what had property rights and local justice formerly been in hands of

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judge examining written evidence prepared by landowner/police

72
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what was absent in old legal system

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jury, laywers and examination of witnesses

accused considered guilty until proven innocent and judges decision was final

73
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how was equality established before the law

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single system of local, provincial and national courts

accused presumed innocent until proven guilty and could employ a lawyer to defend himself

74
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who were criminal cases heard before under the reform

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barristers and a jury

75
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who were the jury selected from

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a list of property owners

76
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who were judges appointed by and how did they benefit from reform

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tsar

given better training and pay

77
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who were local justices of the peace elected by

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zemstva every 3 years

78
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who were local justices of the peace independent from

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political control

79
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who were courts opened to

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the public

80
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where were national trials recorded

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in the Russian courier- a gov newspaper

81
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benefits of new legal system

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  • fairer and less corrupt

- public flocked to open courts

82
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what did the legal reforms provide the opportunity for

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layers of intelligentsia to criticise the regime

83
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why did new juries sometimes acquit guilty

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they sympathised with their plight

84
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what was done to counter juries acquitting guilty through sympathy

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new decree issued to permit political crimes to be tried by special procedures

85
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where was trial by jury never established

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Poland, the western provinces and the causcasus

86
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which courts were excluded from legal reforms

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ecclesiastical and military

87
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why did the abolition of serfdom increase need for numeracy and literacy

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peasants trying to run private smallholdings

88
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what provided the opportunity for change in control and funding of education

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establishment of zemstva

89
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who were the education reforms under

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alexander golovnin

90
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what were universtities given the oppurtuntiy to do under the educational reform

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govern themselves and appoint

91
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who was responsibility for schooling transferred from and to

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from Russian orthodox church to zemstva

92
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which 2 tiers of education were extended

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primary and secondary

93
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what were schools declared

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‘open to all’ regardless of class and sex

94
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what effect did new independence given to universities have

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increasing number of radical and militant thinkers

95
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what happened as a result of education reforms being so successful

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after 1866 it was deemed necessary to reassert gov control

96
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how was censorship relaxed

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restrictions on publishers reduced
foreign publications permitted with gov approval
press allowed to print editorials with comment on gov policy

97
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what did relaxation of censorship lead to

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short lived growth in number of books, journals and newspapers on sale in russia

98
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what brought a retightening of gov control in 1870s

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growth in critical writing

99
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what areas was there some reform in

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Russian orthodox church
conditions of jews and ethnic minorities
economic liberalisation

100
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what led to a reversal f the lenient treatment of poles and jews

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1863 polish rebellion

101
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what was financial liberalisation at the expense of

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the peasants

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