Alexander II Facts

Question 1

What year did Alexander II become Tsar?

Answer 1

1855

Question 2

Why did defeat in the Crimean War lead to reform?

Answer 2

Showed how backwards Russia was in comparison to the rest of Europe.

Question 3

date of Emancipation Edict

Answer 3

1861

Question 4

2 reasons Alexander II emancipated the Serfs

Answer 4

1. defeat in the Crimean war.

2. Not efficient at producing goods to feed the population.

Question 5

Westerniser

Answer 5

Group of people who wanted to adopt the policies of the West to catch up e.g. a democratic government.

Question 6

Slavophile

Answer 6

wanted to catch up with the rest of Europe in a Russian way- believed Russia was superior to the rest of Europe.

Question 7

One example of a famous westerniser

Answer 7

Turgenev

Question 8

One example of a famous slavophile

Answer 8

Tolstoy

Question 9

Which key figure was associated with military reforms

Answer 9

Dmitry Milyutin

Question 10

list 2 of Reutern’s economic reforms

Answer 10

1. new currency called the rouble.

2. lowered tax payments.

Question 11

list the 2 education ministers under Alexander II and how do they differ?

Answer 11

Golovin - more liberal.

Tolstoy - Conservative and reintroduced the Russian orthodox church.

Question 12

Who were the populists and what did they want?

Answer 12

extremist group who wanted further reforms from Alexander to make all members of society equal. they disapproved of Alexander’s later reforms.

Question 13

Two examples of how Alexander II turned reactionary after 1866

Answer 13

1. reversed reforms such as education which restricted the freedom o universities.
2. Gave the secret police more power.
3. Appointed Tolstoy as Minister of Education.