Alexander II Flashcards
Alex II ruled from…
1855-81
The emancipation edict was in…
1861
Number of students rose…
From 3,600 to 10,000
Press were allowed to discuss government policy from…
1865
When was the Zemstva created?
1864
How many peasant uprisings in the first year of the emancipation?
647
How many serfs freed in the emancipation?
50 million
What happened to unis in the late 1860s?
Police supervision became more intensive
When was the first assassination attempt on Alex II?
1866
What did Alex II do to leading radical journals?
Closed them
What was the Zemstva?
A diluted form of local government and democracy which empowered the people
What did the zemstvas provide?
Roads, schools, medical services
The Mir…
Collected redemption payments and dealt with court cases and peasant passports
Secret police under Alex II?
The third section
When was the expansion of the railway network?
1866
Population increase in cities between 1861-81?
30%
30% population increase in cities between…
1861-81
Increase in pig-iron between 1861-81?
50%
Increase in iron and steel output between 1861-81?
3x
Increase in coal output between 1861-81?
10x
Increase in oil output between 1861-81?
Exponential
Moderate cultural policy until…
1863 Polish Revolt
What happened to the Jews in the 1870s?
Closed Jewish schools, restrictions on their civil rights
When was the trial of the 193?
1877-8
1877-8 trial?
Trial of the 193 in st Petersburg
1877 trial?
Trial of the 50, Moscow
When was the trial of the 50?
1877
Alexander II’s assassin?
Hessia Helfman, extremist
Extremist groups during Alex II?
Narodnaya Volya (the peoples will), black partition, land and liberty, he’ll
Leader of the peoples will?
Sophia perovskaya
Moderate groups during Alex II?
The populists (narodniks)
How many mk of railway built 1855-81?
134,000
What was Alex II called?
The tsar liberator
