A II's reforms

Question 1

what years were military reforms introduced?

Answer 1

1874-75

Question 2

who reorganised armed forces?

Answer 2

Dmitry Milyutin

Question 3

what was Dmitry Milyutin’s aim of reorganising armed forces? (4)

Answer 3

• smaller
• more professional
• more efficient
• less expensive

Question 4

what was made compulsory for all classes? (military reforms)

Answer 4

conscription

Question 5

(military reforms) conscription was made compulsory for all classes from the age of __

Answer 5

21

Question 6

(military reforms) what happened to the length of service?

Answer 6

reduced from 25 yrs to 15 yrs of active services

Question 7

(military reforms) what happened to punishments?

Answer 7

made less severe

Question 8

(military reforms) what system was abandoned?

Answer 8

military colonies

Question 9

(military reforms) what is the system of military colonies?

Answer 9

where conscripts had been forced to live

Question 10

(military reforms) what improvements were established? (2)

Answer 10

• better provisioning

- better medical care

Question 11

(military reforms) what happened to weaponry?

Answer 11

modernised

Question 12

(military reforms) what new structure was established?

Answer 12

command

Question 13

(military reforms) what was set up to provide better training for non-noble officer corps?

Answer 13

military colleges

Question 14

(military reforms) why did literacy levels w/i the army improve?

Answer 14

mass army-education campaigns in the 1870s-90s

Question 15

(military reforms) what did the officer class mainly consist of?

Answer 15

aristocrats

Question 16

(military reforms) what issues remained?

Answer 16

supply and leadership

Question 17

give an eg of the ineffectiveness of the military reforms

Answer 17

struggled to win in war vs Turkey (1877-78)

Question 18

when was the Russo-Turkish war?

Answer 18

1877-78

Question 19

why did R go to war in 1877 vs T?

Answer 19

• attempt to recover losses of Crimean War

- support Balkan states fighting vs Turks

Question 20

Why was R forced to sign the accept the Treaty of Berlin in July 1878?

Answer 20

B & A-H were alarmed by such R gains (large Bulgaria under R protection)

Question 21

what did the Treaty of Berlin of July 1878 do?

Answer 21

split up new Bulgaria

Question 22

what reforms were introduced in 1864-70?

Answer 22

local gov reforms