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Alexander III Flashcards

0
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Land captains replaced justices of the peace in…

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1889

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Alex III’s nickname?

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Tsar Repressor

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What were land captains?

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Members of the gentry chosen to control the peasants - their power superseded the Mir

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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?

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x4

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Decree restricting access to education under Alex III?

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

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How many students at the end of Alex IIIs rule?

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16,500

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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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Statute concerning measures for the protection of state security and social order? When and what?

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1881, gave government power to: increase repression of tsarist critics, prohibit gatherings of 12+, introduce emergency political rule, suspend habeas corpus, close schools unis and newspapers

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1881 statute…

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Concerning measures for the protection of state security and social order

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10
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Manifesto on unshakeable autocracy?

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1881

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When was the Zemstva act?

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1890

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What did the Zemstva act do?

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Reduced Zemstvas powers and independence, centralising gov control

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13
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How many executions under Alex III?

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44

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14
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What was the Okhrana?

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Secret police from 1881

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15
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When was lenins brother hung?

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1887

16
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Growth of Russia’s economy pa in the 1890s?

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8% pa

17
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When was witte appointed finance minister?

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1892

18
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Who did witte convince to invest in Russian industry?

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Foreign investors eg France and Belgium

19
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When were the trans-Siberian and Chinese Eastern railways built?

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1892-1904

20
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Railways built between 1892 and 1904?

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Trans-Siberian and Chinese-Eastern

21
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Factory legislations under Alex III?

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Restricted hours of work and prevented women and children from working

22
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Famine under Alex III?

A

1891

23
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% of national minorities in population under Alex III?

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55

24
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Interior minister responsible for Russification?

A

Plehve

25
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Series of pogroms broke out in…

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1881

26
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How many decrees against Jews in 1881?

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600

27
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What decrees against Jews in 1881?

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Preventing Jews from voting, entry to education etc.

28
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Deportation of foreign Jews under Alex III in…

A

1890

29
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Deportation of Jews from Moscow?

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1891, 2000

30
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Provisional or temporary rules were passed in…

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1882

31
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Provisional or temporary rules banned Jews from…

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Settling in rural areas, owning or managing land, having right of appeal, marrying a Christian, holding any administrative office, etc.

Russia 1855-1964 (15 decks)

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