Facts Test One

Question 1

How big was Russia in the nineteenth century?

Answer 1

21 million square kilometres

Question 2

What name is given o the Tsars orders?

Answer 2

Imperial Edicts (ukazy)

Question 3

In 1855 what was the capital of Russia?

Answer 3

St Petersburg

Question 4

How many years was military service?

Answer 4

25

Question 5

What were cossacks famous for?

Answer 5

• Ukrainian
• Horses
• Military tradition

Question 6

Who did Russia fight in the Crimean war?

Answer 6

• Britain
• France
• Ottoman Empire

Question 7

Which Tsar rose to power at the end of the Crimean War?

Answer 7

Alexander II

Question 8

How many serfs were there in Russia?

Answer 8

51 million

Question 9

What year was the Emancipation Edict?

Answer 9

1861

Question 10

For how many years were serfs temporarily obligated to their landlords?

Answer 10

20

Question 11

What is the name for administrative areas made up of several villages (mirs)?

Answer 11

Volost

Question 12

What was the name for the system of local councils set up after emancipation?

Answer 12

Zemstra

Question 13

What major reforms took place in 1864?

Answer 13

• Local Government

- Judiciary

Question 14

What year was the first attempted assassination of Alexander II?

Answer 14

1866

Question 15

Who did Tolstoy give power over education to as Minister for Education?

Answer 15

Orthodox church

Question 16

What year was the constitution discussed and signed by Alexander II?

Answer 16

1881

Question 17

Who assassinated Alexander II?

Answer 17

The People’s Will group

Question 18

Who was Mikhail Katkov?

Answer 18

journalist who justified Alexander IIIs views to the literate public

Question 19

What role was created in 1889 that gave a man the power to overrule the Zemstra?

Answer 19

Land captains

Question 20

What was the name of the secret police who replaced the Third Section?

Answer 20

Okhrana

Question 21

What percentage of the population were literate by 1897?

Answer 21

21%

Question 22

in what year were redemption payments cancelled?

Answer 22

1881

Question 23

What national disaster occurred in 1891-92?

Answer 23

The great famine