Emergence - impact of war

Question 1

when was Russia’s military backwardness exposed

Answer 1

Crimean War (1854-56)
lost to British & French on home soil

Question 2

who was Dmitri Miliutin?
what did he do?

Answer 2

reforming Minister of War
introduced universal military service (1874)

Question 3

how did Miliutin help Russia

Answer 3

Russian Army fought better against Turkey in 1877-8

Question 4

what humiliating defeat did Russia face
why?

Answer 4

against Japan in 1905
lack of industrialisation