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Chapter 2 - Economy/Society - Education Flashcards

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EDUCATION: ALEXANDER II

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EDUCATION: ALEXANDER II

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What was the most common type of school before 1864?

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Church schools

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3
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What % of army recruits were literate by the mid-1860s?

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7%

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4
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When did Alexander II introduce major education reform?

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1864

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What did Alexander II create in 1864 to administrate education, which was run by the Zemstva?

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School boards

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Who dominated the school boards?

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Clergy, nobility and government officials

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When Alexander II take away some authority of the Zemstva?

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1870

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Who did Alexander II give power to in regards to education in 1870?

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Education minister Dmitri Tolstoy

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When did the ministry of education have total control of education under the reign of Alexander II?

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1877

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How much did the number of students in secondary school increase from 1855 to 1865?

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Doubled

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Why did Dmitri Tolstoy manipulate the curriculum and university entrance exam?

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So that middle classes were virtually excluded from tertiary education

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12
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How many schools were there in Russia by 1880?

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23,000

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13
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What type of new school did Alexander II create?

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The ‘real’ gymnasia

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14
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What were students at St Petersburg accused of in 1861?

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Sedition (anti-tsarist activity)

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What did an 1863 statute give to universities?

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More autonomy

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EDUCATION: ALEXANDER III

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EDUCATION: ALEXANDER III

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17
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What did Alexander III do in regards to secondary schools?

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He banned lower class children from attending secondary schools

18
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What did Alexander III scrap in regards to universities?

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He scrapped elections to university councils

19
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What did Alexander III replace elections to university councils with?

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Appointments

20
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EDUCATION: NICHOLAS II

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EDUCATION: NICHOLAS II

21
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What did the first Duma announce under Nicholas II?

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A plan for universal primary education to be achived by 1922

22
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What % of the primary school population attended school by 1914?

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51%

23
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How many students attended how many universities by 1900?

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16,500 students at 9 universities

24
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What was made illegal at universities under Stolypin?

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Non-academic meetings

25
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What was made illegal at universities under Stolypin?

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Non-academic meetings

26
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EDUCATION: LENIN

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EDUCATION: LENIN

27
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Who had total control of all educational institutions under Lenin?

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Lunacharsky, the first commissar for education

28
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What type of schools did the Bolsheviks scrap as it was deemed ‘bourgeois’?

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Gymnasia

29
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What did the Bolsheviks replace the gymnasia with?

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Polytechnics

30
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What did Lenin issue in 1919 which required all illiterate people between the ages of 8-50 to learn to read and write?

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Decree on illiteracy

31
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EDUCATION: STALIN

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EDUCATION: STALIN

32
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What did Stalin make compulsory in 1930?

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Primary school attendance

33
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How many pupils attended primary school in 1929?

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8 million

34
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How many pupils attended primary school in 1930?

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18 million

35
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What was no longer taught under the communists?

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Religious scriptures

36
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What type of education was there a great emphasis on under Stalin?

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Vocational education

37
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How many pupils were attending secondary school in 1931?

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2.5 million

38
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How many pupils were attending secondary school in 1932?

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6.9 million

39
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EDUCATION: KHRUSHCHEV

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EDUCATION: KHRUSHCHEV

40
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What type of school did Khrushchev revert to?

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Polytechnic model

41
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What did Khrushchev scrap?

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All school fees

42
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Why were history books ‘rewritten’ under Khrushchev?

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To reflect the disengagement from the Stalinist past

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