Alexander II Timeline

Question 1

When was Russia defeated in the Crimean war?

Answer 1

1856

Question 2

When was the State Bank established?

Answer 2

1860

Question 3

When was Serfdom abolished?

Answer 3

March 1861

Question 4

When was ‘Young Russia’ published and what did it call for?

Answer 4

1862

- Argued reform was essential + revolution was necessary for change

Question 5

When did Universities become self-governing bodies?

Answer 5

1863

Question 6

When was the January Uprising?

Answer 6

1863

Question 7

When was the Zemstva created?

Answer 7

1864

Question 8

When were the Military and Judicial reforms?

Answer 8

1864

Question 9

When were the Censorship reforms?

Answer 9

1865

Question 10

When was the first assassination attempt on AII?

Answer 10

April 1866

Question 11

When did the nobles, misters etc believe reform had gone too far and encouraged AII to replace liberal ministers when conservative ones?

Answer 11

1866

Question 12

When was trial by jury removed for political crimes?

Answer 12

1869

Question 13

When was there substantial government investment in railway construction?

Answer 13

1870-73

Question 14

When was oil pumped from the sea port of Baku?

Answer 14

1871

Question 15

When were Universities banned from including any subject which involved critical thinking?

Answer 15

1871

Question 16

When was military service expanded to all classes?

Answer 16

1874

Question 17

When was the Populist ‘Go the People Campaign’?

Answer 17

1874:

- Encouraged peasants to rise up against the regime

Question 18

When was the trial of the 193?

Answer 18

1877

Question 19

When was the group ‘Land and Liberty’ set up?

Answer 19

1877

Question 20

When was the Russo-Turkish war?

Answer 20

1877-1878

Question 21

When did ‘Land and Liberty’ spilt into ‘The Black Partition’ and ‘The People’s Will’

Answer 21

1879

Question 22

When did the Peoples Will declare the Tsar had to be removed?

Answer 22

1879

Question 23

When was there a poor harvest + famine?

Answer 23

1879-80

Question 24

When was AII assassinated by the Peoples Will?

Answer 24

1881