Chapter 3.1 - The impact of the Crimean War 1853-56

Question 1

Chapter 3.1 - The Crimean War

Answer 1

Chapter 3.1

Question 2

Political Impacts:
What did Russia remain after the war?

Answer 2

An autocracy

Question 3

What treaty did Russia sign at the end of the war?

Answer 3

The Treaty of Paris, March 1856

Question 4

How many Russians died in the Crimean War?

Answer 4

450,000

Question 5

What did Russia have to give to Moldavia as part of the Treaty of Paris?

Answer 5

A large chunk of Bessarabia

Question 6

What was Russia prohibited from doing as a result of the Treaty of Paris?

Answer 6

Maintaining a fleet in the Black Sea - forced to remove all naval fortifications along the Black Sea coastline

Question 7

What two changes to central government were made after the Crimean War?

Answer 7

The Council of Ministers and the Committee of Ministers

Question 8

What was Russia revealed as in the Crimean War?

Answer 8

Backwards and underdeveloped

Question 9

When was the Zemstva set up?

Answer 9

1864

Question 10

How much land did the nobility have in the 1870s?

Answer 10

200 million acres of land

Question 11

How much land did the nobility have by 1914?

Answer 11

140 million acres

Question 12

Social Impacts:
When was the Emancipation Edict which freed the serfs?

Answer 12

1861

Question 13

What was introduced after the Emancipation Edict?

Answer 13

Redemption payments

Question 14

What were the terms on redemption payments?

Answer 14

49 years 6%pa

Question 15

What unrest was there as a result of the Emancipation Edict?

Answer 15

The Bezdna Revolt

Question 16

When was the Bezdna Revolt?

Answer 16

April 1861

Question 17

How many peasants gathered in the Bezdna revolt and how many were killed?

Answer 17

5000 gathered, 91 killed

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Doubled

Question 19

What new type of school was created?

Answer 19

The gymnasia, which taught modern subjects such as maths and science

Question 20

How many schools were there by 1880?

Answer 20

23,000

Question 21

Economic Impacts of the Crimean War:
How much money was spent of constructing over 20,000 km of track from 1861 to 1878?

Answer 21

2 billion roubles

Question 22

How much railway track was opened in 1862?

Answer 22

2194 miles

Question 23

How much railway track was opened in 1878?

Answer 23

13979 miles

Question 24

Who were some of the businessmen to invest in Russia?

Answer 24

• JJ Hughes
• Ludwig Loop

Question 25

How much did the Russian economy grow per year under Finance Minister Mikhail Reutern?

Answer 25

6% per year