Alexander II Flashcards

1
Q

Alex II ruled from…

A

1855-81

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2
Q

The emancipation edict was in…

A

1861

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3
Q

Number of students rose…

A

From 3,600 to 10,000

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4
Q

Press were allowed to discuss government policy from…

A

1865

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5
Q

When was the Zemstva created?

A

1864

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6
Q

How many peasant uprisings in the first year of the emancipation?

A

647

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7
Q

How many serfs freed in the emancipation?

A

50 million

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8
Q

What happened to unis in the late 1860s?

A

Police supervision became more intensive

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9
Q

When was the first assassination attempt on Alex II?

A

1866

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10
Q

What did Alex II do to leading radical journals?

A

Closed them

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11
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What was the Zemstva?

A

A diluted form of local government and democracy which empowered the people

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12
Q

What did the zemstvas provide?

A

Roads, schools, medical services

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13
Q

The Mir…

A

Collected redemption payments and dealt with court cases and peasant passports

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14
Q

Secret police under Alex II?

A

The third section

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15
Q

When was the expansion of the railway network?

A

1866

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16
Q

Population increase in cities between 1861-81?

A

30%

17
Q

30% population increase in cities between…

A

1861-81

18
Q

Increase in pig-iron between 1861-81?

A

50%

19
Q

Increase in iron and steel output between 1861-81?

A

3x

20
Q

Increase in coal output between 1861-81?

A

10x

21
Q

Increase in oil output between 1861-81?

A

Exponential

22
Q

Moderate cultural policy until…

A

1863 Polish Revolt

23
Q

What happened to the Jews in the 1870s?

A

Closed Jewish schools, restrictions on their civil rights

24
Q

When was the trial of the 193?

A

1877-8

25
Q

1877-8 trial?

A

Trial of the 193 in st Petersburg

26
Q

1877 trial?

A

Trial of the 50, Moscow

27
Q

When was the trial of the 50?

A

1877

28
Q

Alexander II’s assassin?

A

Hessia Helfman, extremist

29
Q

Extremist groups during Alex II?

A

Narodnaya Volya (the peoples will), black partition, land and liberty, he’ll

30
Q

Leader of the peoples will?

A

Sophia perovskaya

31
Q

Moderate groups during Alex II?

A

The populists (narodniks)

32
Q

How many mk of railway built 1855-81?

A

134,000

33
Q

What was Alex II called?

A

The tsar liberator