Chapter 2 - Economy/Society - Personal freedoms

Question 1

LIMITATIONS ON FREEDOMS: ALEXANDER II

Answer 1

LIMITATIONS ON FREEDOMS: ALEXANDER II

Question 2

What did Alexander II use as a form of social control?

Answer 2

Orthodox Church

Question 3

What was kept under state control under?

Answer 3

Orthodox and non-orthodox religion

Question 4

LIMITATIONS ON FREEDOMS: ALEXANDER III

Answer 4

LIMITATIONS ON FREEDOMS: ALEXANDER III

Question 5

What did a 1883 law allow in regards to religion?

Answer 5

Old Believers had the right to meet in their houses of prayer but were not allowed to publicly promote their beliefs

Question 6

LIMITATIONS ON FREEDOMS: NICHOLAS II

Answer 6

LIMITATIONS ON FREEDOMS: NICHOLAS II

Question 7

What did Nicholas allow in April 1905 in regards to religion?

Answer 7

He allowed Orthodox believers to convert to other Christian denominations

Question 8

When did Nicholas II restrict the rights of non-Orthodox?

Answer 8

1910

Question 9

LIMITATIONS ON FREEDOMS: LENIN

Answer 9

LIMITATIONS ON FREEDOMS: LENIN

Question 10

What was religions considered to be by the communists?

Answer 10

The ‘opium of the people’ - a drug that took people’s mind off worrying about problems

Question 11

What did the Bolsheviks issue when they came to power in regards to the church?

Answer 11

The ‘Decree on the Separation of the Church from the State and School from the Church’

Question 12

What happened during the Russian Civil War?

Answer 12

Many churches were closed and their property was confiscated

Question 13

What was Lenin’s only concession to the Church?

Answer 13

A Church spokesman was appointed

Question 14

LIMITATIONS ON FREEDOMS: STALIN

Answer 14

LIMITATIONS ON FREEDOMS: STALIN

Question 15

What did Stalin continue to do which Lenin had started?

Answer 15

Close churches

Question 16

How many working orthodox churches were there in 1930?

Answer 16

224

Question 17

How many working orthodox churches were there in 1938?

Answer 17

16

Question 18

How much did the number of clergy decrease under Stalin?

Answer 18

60%

Question 19

Who was targeted during WW2?

Answer 19

Minority religious groups

Question 20

LIMITATIONS ON FREEDOMS: KHRUSHCHEV

Answer 20

LIMITATIONS ON FREEDOMS: KHRUSHCHEV

Question 21

What did Khrushchev introduce at the the 22nd Party Congress of 1961?

Answer 21

A new ‘moral code’ - substitute for the bible

Question 22

What did Khrushchev believe in reads to religion?

Answer 22

That religious prejudices had to be eradicated to speed up the full implementation of communism

Question 23

What was launched by Khrushchev in 1958?

Answer 23

An official anti-religious campaign

Question 24

What was religion considered after 1958?

Answer 24

Unscientific