Alexander II and III Flashcards
What was alexander III called and why
Tzar liberator
he liberated serfs
What was Alexander II reforms response to?
Alexander II reforms were response to the defeat in the Crimean war and improving Russia. 1853-1856
What was responsible for the failure of the reforms.
- dissatisfaction in peasants because they thought he could do more
- economic reasons which backfired
The decemberest revolt of …
1825 atocracy cannot continue to ignore serfdom.
russian word for nobility in russian
Divoriane
How did NIcolas 1 think about serfdom
He abhorred it and htought it morally wrong
What does carl watts think started reforms?
Carl Watts thinks the liberation of serfs was the starting point for other reforms
Why was serfdom inefficient
-Because serfs had no incentive to work-they were owned by the land
- It was economically inefficent
“IT is better to abolish serfdom from above than to wait for the time when it begens to abolish itself from below”
We should abolish serfdom before revolutions wrek havoc
What angered peasants in 1961 after being freeed?
They had to pay for the land they had always worked on and they were indebt to the government
Did the nobility enifift form serfdom being gone?
Little investment in agriculture and buiness because divoriane were in debt and didnt have the thing sustaining them (serfs)
What new contorl doe sthe government have after aboliton of serfdom?
gov. controlled the movment of peasants. (passports if moving more than 20 miles)
DId the tzar emanipated serfs for moral reasons?
noooo, for economic and the revival of russia.
individual legal reforms
Trial by jurry
short trial
local gov.
zemtra (local assembly)
presidents appointed
