chapter 16 section 4 Flashcards
in the mid 1800s
Russia has the largest ________ and ____________-
territory and population
industrial development
lagged in Russia
Resources
lay undeveloped
Ports were
blocked by ice
frozen most of the year
Belorussians (_____________) -
white russians
west
Ukrainians
south
great Russians
north and central
czar ruled as an ________
ruler with ___________
autocrat
absolute power
union of all Slavic people under Russian leadership
pan slavism
1855 Czar
Alexander II
emancipation edict
freed all serfs
problems of serfs
tiny land for high price
serfs moved to towns because
unable to buy or rent land
councils at the provincial and county levels
Zemstov
3 groups with the right to vote
nobles
middle class
peasants
middle and upper class intellectuals
Nihilists
Nihilists believed in
building a completely new Russia to solve their problems
people’s will
russian radical group
People’s will used
Terrorism, bombings, assassinations
in 1881, Alexander was
killed by a bomb attack from People’s will
Riots where Jews were massacared
Pogroms
Bloody Sunday
Czar’s troops
shot unarmed strikers
Bloody Sunday
triggered
the revolution of 1905
Bloody Sunday
October manifesto
promised individual liberties