Alexander II knowledge organiser

Question 1

what was Alexander II known as?

Answer 1

‘The Tsar Liberator’

Question 2

What years did Alexander II rule?

Answer 2

1855-1881

Question 3

which year did the crimean war end?

Answer 3

1856

Question 4

what happened in 1860?

Answer 4

• creation of state bank
• reform of tax collection

Question 5

When was the emancipation edict?

Answer 5

1861

Question 6

what was the emancipation edict?

Answer 6

abolition of serfdom

Question 7

when was the polish revolt?

Answer 7

1863

Question 8

when was zemstva established?

Answer 8

1864

Question 9

what was zemstva?

Answer 9

local self government

Question 10

when was there an attempted assassination of Alexander II?

Answer 10

1866/7

Question 11

when did populists begin “go the people”?

Answer 11

1874

Question 12

when was the terrorist organisation , the peoples will, established?

Answer 12

1879

Question 13

when was Alexander II assassinated?

Answer 13

1881

Question 14

define serfdom

Answer 14

a system which had existed in Russia since the 15th century where peasants were owned by landowners

Question 15

define emancipation

Answer 15

to be free from bondage

Question 16

define judiciary

Answer 16

part of the government responsible for the legal system

Question 17

define bureaucracy

Answer 17

a system of government whereby most decisions are taken by state officials rather than elected representatives

Question 18

define populist

Answer 18

a socialist movement who believed that propaganda among the peasantry would lead to the masses demanding change

Question 19

define revolutionary

Answer 19

describes an individual/ organisation/ theory which supports fundamental political change often removing the government

Question 20

define liberal

Answer 20

a political philosophy that promoted individual rights, civil liberties and democracy

Question 21

define land and liberty

Answer 21

a 19th century socialist movement who continued the work of the populists and pushed for constitutional reform

Question 22

define peoples will

Answer 22

a socialist revolutionary organisation that regarded terrorism as the best means of forcing political reform

Question 23

define autocracy

Answer 23

a system of government by one person with absolute power

Question 24

defined intelligentsia

Answer 24

more educated liberal leaning members of Russian society