Alexander II Flashcards

1
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1856

A

Crimean war ends

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2
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1860

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State bank established

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3
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1861

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Emancipation of serfs

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4
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1863

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Polish revolt

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5
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1864

A

zemstva

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6
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1866

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Attempted assassination

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7
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1874

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Go to the people movement

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8
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1879

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People’s will established

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9
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1881

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Assassination

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10
Q

serfdom

A

peasants owned by landowners

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11
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emancipation

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freed from bondage

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12
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Judiciary

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Part of the government- responsible for the legal system

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13
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Bureaucracy

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System where most decisions taken by state officials and not elected representatives

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14
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Populist

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thinks propaganda can cause a peasant revolution

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15
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revolutionary

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forward thinking views

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16
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liberal

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promotes individual rights and freedoms

17
Q

land and liberty

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socialist movement that wanted constitutional reform

18
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people’s will

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socialist revolutionary group who think terrorism is the best way of forcing political reform

19
Q

autocracy

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system of government where one person has absolute power

20
Q

Intelligentsia

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educated liberal leaning russian people