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ALEXANDER III 1881-1889 Flashcards

1
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Bunge economic reforms

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Control expenditure- create financial stability and attract foreign capital

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2
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Bunge’s shortcomings (2)

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Budget deficit

Not sufficient change

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Aims of Vyshenegradsky economic policy (5)

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Improve Russian finance and gold reserves 
Increase taxation
Increase exports 
Reducing imports by raising tariffs 
Protect home industries
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4
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When, and under whom, did the Russian budget go into surplus?

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1892, and Vyshenegradsky

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5
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What was the impact of Vyshenegradski’s export policy?

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1891 famine

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Wittes economic policy aims (4)

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Protective tariffs
Heavy taxation
Forced exports
Domestic loans

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7
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Witte’s successes in the economy (3)

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Raise interest rates to attract investment
Stabilise the currency
Placed Russia on the Gold Standard in 1897

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When, and under whom, did Russia get placed on the Gold Standard ?

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1897

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9
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When was the Russo-Japanese War?

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1904-1905

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Causes of the Russo-Japanese war (4)

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Russia wanted to expand into the Far East
Wanted to exploit areas in and around Manchuria- natural resources and warm water port
Japan had also targeted these areas
Russia rejected Japan’s proposal that Russia could control Manchuria if they could control Korea

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11
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May 1905 Russian fleet defeated at the Battle of _________

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Battle of Tsushima

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Aug 1905 Treaty of ________ ended Russo-Japanese War

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Treaty of Portsmouth

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1883 _____ ____ Railway

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1883 Batum Baku Railway

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The Great Spurt- railway changes

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1883 Batum Baku Railway

1902 Trans-Siberian Railway

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Impact of Batum Baku railway

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Linked Caspian and Black seas

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Impact of Trans-Siberian Railway

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Helped industry and emigration to Siberia

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17
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By the 1890’s __% of railway was state owned

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60%

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18
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By 1905, Russia had __,____ km of railway

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59,616km

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19
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Impact of railway reforms during the spurt (1881-1904) (4)

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Opened up Russia’s interior and extensive exploitation
Developed iron and coal industries
Transport and price of goods fell
Passenger fares from trains gained revenue

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20
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Industrialisation during the Great Spurt (3)

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1890s industry boom- Witte invested millions into railways and industry
Raises taxes on consumer goods eg vodka
Kept workers’ wages low

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21
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By 1900 / of capital invested by foreigners

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1/3

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Impact of industrialisation during the Great Spurt (3)

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Growth in industry increased population and raised Russia's status 
Growing internal market
Proletariat class doubled
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23
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Changes in agriculture during the Great Spurt

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Peasants could now buy and sell land
Potatoes grown more widely
Rapid increase in grain production

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24
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Failures in agricultural changes during the Great Spurt (2)

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Throughout AIII’s reign, food production was lower than what was needed
1891 famine

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Impact of agricultural changes during the Great Spurt (3)

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Grain per head increased
Production grew rapidly
Farms able to sell more goods

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26
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Three forms of opposition in Russia

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The Social Democrats (Marxists)
The Populists (Narodniks)
The Liberals

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Aims of the Social Democrats (2)

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Improve workers conditions/rights

Focus on revolutionary tactics

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28
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The Bolsheviks (formed 1903) (3)

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Led by Lenin
Believed in professional revolutionaries
Operate under centralised leadership

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The Mensheviks (4)

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Led by Martov
Believed in mass support for revolution
Wanted members to have a democratic say
More broad

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30
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Aims of the Populists (2)

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Power to the people

Went tot villages

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Populist groups (4)

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Land and Liberty
Black Partition
The Peoples’ Will
Social Revolutionaries

32
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Land and Liberty

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Split 1878 into Black Partition and the People’s Will

33
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Black Partition

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Peaceful methods

34
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The People’s Will

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Violent methods

Assassination of Alexander II Mar 1881

35
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Social Revolutionaries

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Hope put in peasants

36
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Methods of Social Revolutionaries (2)

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Agitation and terrorism

Assassination of government officials

37
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Left SR’s

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Tried to stir up discontent and disrupt government officials by assassinations

38
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Right SR’s

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More moderate

Prepared to co-operate for immediate improvement

39
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What year did AIII become Tsar?

40
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How did Alexander III describe the proposals in the Loris-Melikov constitution?

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Senseless dreams

41
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Secret police in AIII’s reign

42
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In what year were Land Captains introduced?

43
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How were Land Captains chosen?

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From a list chosen by the provincial nobility and approved by the provincial governor

44
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1800 Zemstvo Act

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Brought zemstva under central control

45
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Which finance minister created land banks?

46
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Who replaced Bunge as finance minister?

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Vyshnegradsky

47
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How much did grain exports increase between 1881 and 1889?

48
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Example of a loan Vyshnegradksy secured to help investment

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France, 1888

49
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When was the famine under Vyshnegradsky?

50
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When did Witte become finance minister?

51
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Witte economic policies (4)

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Protective tariffs
Heavy taxation
Forced exports
Domestic loans

52
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Which group did the May Laws 1882 target?

53
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What was the name for the systematic attacks on Jews?

54
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Ways in which AIII discriminated against Jews (3)

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Ghettos
Access to education limited
Excluded from local government

55
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Who was AIII’s tutor?

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Pobodonovstev

56
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Places AIII subjected to Russification (3)

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Poland
Ukraine
Baltic Provinces

57
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When did AIII die?

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1 Nov 1894

58
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Education reform reversed fro AII

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Banned lower class children from going to school

59
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Alexander III 1881 manifesto quotation

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‘eradication of vile sedition’

60
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Ideology of Pobodonostev

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Laziness are characteristics of Slavonic nature
Only a small minority possess the intelligence to think of solutions
Rest of humanity were ‘forces of the unconscious, land and history’

61
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Role of the Imperial Chancellery under AlII

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Importance of the Third Section grew

62
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When did AIII introduce Land Captains?

63
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Power of Land Captains (2)

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Drawn from the nobility

Had the power to override the zemstva

64
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What did AIII do right after coming to power?

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Publicly hanged 150 members of The People’s Will

65
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How many members of TPW did AIII hang?

66
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Example of Russification under AlII

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Enforced Russian language
Enforced Orthodoxy- around 37,000 Lutherans converted
Closed down Catholic monasteries
Denied public office if could not speak Russian

67
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Repression of religion under AIII

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Closed down Catholic monasteries

68
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Jewish pogroms

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Jews raped and murdered

69
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When were the May Laws?

70
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1882 May Laws

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Restricted where Jews could live

71
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Railways under Alexander III

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Batum Baku Railway 1883

1891 Trans-Siberian Railway begun

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Impact of the Batum Baku Railway

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Helped oil production

73
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Impact of the 1891 Trans-Siberian Railway

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Opened up Russia’s interior- 1 million emigrated to Siberia

74
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Limitations of the factory inspectorate

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Had limited powers of enforcement

75
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What was banned in 1882 (working conditions)?

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Child employment

76
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Coal production during the Great Spurt

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Increased seven fold

77
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Limitations of Witte’s reforms

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Neglected the consumer industry

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