Alexander III Flashcards

1
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Alex III’s nickname?

A

Tsar Repressor

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2
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What were land captains?

A

Members of the gentry chosen to control the peasants - their power superseded the Mir

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3
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What did Alex III do to universities?

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Centralised them and brought strict controls on them, reducing student freedom

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4
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What did Alex III do to uni fees?

A

x4

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5
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Decree restricting access to education under Alex III?

A

1887 decree to prevent children from humble backgrounds being ‘encouraged to abandon the social environment to which they belong’

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6
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How many students at the end of Alex IIIs rule?

A

16,500

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7
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What % of the population could vote under Alex III?

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0.7% of the population in Moscow and st Petersburg

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8
Q

Manifesto on unshakeable autocracy?

A

1881

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9
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When was the Zemstva act under Alexander III?

A

1890

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10
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What did the Zemstva act do?

A

Reduced Zemstvas powers and independence, centralising gov control

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11
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How many executions under Alex III?

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44

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12
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What was the Okhrana?

A

Secret police from 1881

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13
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When was lenins brother hung?

A

1887

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14
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Growth of Russia’s economy pa in the 1890s?

A

8% pa

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15
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When was witte appointed finance minister?

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1892

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16
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Who did witte convince to invest in Russian industry?

A

Foreign investors eg France and Belgium

17
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When were the trans-Siberian and Chinese Eastern railways built?

18
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Railways built between 1892 and 1904?

A

Trans-Siberian and Chinese-Eastern

19
Q

Factory legislations under Alex III?

A

Restricted hours of work and prevented women and children from working

20
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Famine under Alex III?

21
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% of national minorities in population under Alex III?

22
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Interior minister responsible for Russification?

23
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Series of pogroms broke out in…

24
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How many decrees against Jews in 1881?

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What decrees against Jews in 1881?
Preventing Jews from voting, entry to education etc.
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Deportation of foreign Jews under Alex III in...
1890
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Deportation of Jews from Moscow?
1891, 2000
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Provisional or temporary rules were passed in...
1882
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Provisional or temporary rules banned Jews from...
Settling in rural areas, owning or managing land, having right of appeal, marrying a Christian, holding any administrative office, etc.
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Land captains replaced justices of the peace in...
1889