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Late Imperial Russia Flashcards

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In 1897 how many Russians were there compared to Ukrainians?

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55m to 22m

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What three bodies was the Tsars absolute rule exercised through?

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1) The Imperial Council - a group of honorary advisors directly responsible to the Tsar
2) The Cabinet of Ministers - ran the various government departments
3) The Senate - supervised the operation of the law
= only really able to give advice

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What did the Tsars method of power show?

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How little Russia had advanced politically compared with other European nations
= by 20th century all major-European states had some sort of democratic or representative gov

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How did political parties/groups live in Tsarist Russia?

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Underground

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What did denial of free speech tend to cause?

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Political activists to turn to extremism

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What was the Okhrana?

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The Tsarist secret police

- hunted down subversives who challenged the tsarist regime

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How did the Orthodox church support the tsarist system?

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Became a deeply conservative body, opposed to political change and determined to preserve the tsarist system

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In 1897 what percentage of Russia was upper class, working class and peasants?

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  • U/C = 12%
  • W/C = 4%
  • Peasants = 82%
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How was Russian not entirely without industry?

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  • Urals provided iron
  • Moscow and St P. had textile factories
  • Most villages had smelting works
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Why had Russians financial system prevented industrial growth?

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It had not yet mastered the art of borrowing and investment = discouraged entrepreneurialism

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Why was the amount of peasants a problem?

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There was not enough fertile land to go round

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How did the governing elite view peasants?

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With a mixture of fear and contempt = ‘the dark masses’

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Why did the Tsars not want to raise the education level?

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Were worried that this may prove to be extremely dangerous, socially and politically

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How much was spent on military?

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45% of the governments annual expenditure

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How much was spent on education?

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4% of the governments annual expenditure

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16
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How was there a corrupt bureaucracy?

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Due to nepotism and incompetence = main reasons for Russia’s backwardness

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What did Alexander Herzen write about the tsarist system?

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That is was run by a bureaucratic class that, for all its incompetence, still possessed the power to control the lives of the Russian masses

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What was a major barrier for reform?

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Disagreement within the government elite over Russia’s trie character as a nation - differences between ‘Westerners’ and ‘Slavophiles’

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What were the significant periods of reform in Russia often due to?

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National crisis or humiliation

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What did the Zemstvos provide?

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A form of representative government, although very limited, which offered some hope to those who longed for an extension to political rights

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21
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How did Alexander II relax censorship?

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Relaxed controls over the press and universities

= encouraged the development of an intelligentsia

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What was Alexander II’s intention for reform?

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To introduce it from above to prevent revolution from below

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What caused the intelligentsia to turn to revolution?

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The reaction of AIII and NII = felt betrayed + despaired tsardom as a force for change

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What was The Statue of State Security 1881?

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  • Special gov. controlled courts outside the existing legal system set up
  • Judges etc who were sympathetic to liberal ideas were removed
  • Power of Okhrana extended
  • Censorship tightened
25
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What did The University Statue 1887 do?

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Brought the universities under strict government control

26
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What was The Zemstva Act 1890?

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Decreased the independence of local councils and empowered government officials to interfere in their decision making

27
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Why was Nicholas opposed to change?

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Reform had a bad name and is education had made him suspicious of it

28
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Who was Pobedonostsev?

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Chief minister in the government from 1881-1905 and was the Procurator of the Synod
- deep distaste for all forms of democracy

29
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What was Russification?

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A severely enforced policy of restricting the influence of the non-Russian national minorities within the empire by emphasising the superiority of all things Russian

30
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What nationalities suffered the most?

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Baltic Germans, Finns, Poles, Ukrainians and Armenians

= state interference in their education, religion and culture became widespread and systematic

31
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How were the Jews repressed?

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Measures introduced, imposing heavy social, political and economic restrictions on them
- most lived in ‘ghettos’ + were scapegoated for Russia’s problems

32
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How did the tight controls Nicholas introduce not lessen opposition?

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Opposition actually became more organised

- policies of reaction caused political and national groups to become frustrated by coercion and incompetence

33
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Why was Russification ill-judged?

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  • At a critical stage of development cohesion and unity were needed
  • Russia chose to treat half its population as inferiors or potential enemies
34
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What was a major reason for the ‘great spurt’?

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  • Increase in the output of coal in Ukraine and oil in the Caucasus
  • Sudden acceleration was the result of private enterprise = sustained by government policy
35
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Why was economic expansion attractive to the Tsar?

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It was a means of improving the strength of the Russian armed forces

36
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How did Witte raise capital?

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Negotiated large loans and investments from abroad, while imposing heavy taxes and high interest rates at home

37
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Why did Witte set up protective tariffs?

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As a means of safe guarding Russia’s domestic industries such as steel production

38
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Why was currency put on the gold standard?

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Hope was that this would crete finical stability and so encouraged international investment in Russia

39
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How many miles of railway were there in 1881 compared to 1913?

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1881 = 13,000
1913 = 44,000
40
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When was the Trans-Siberian Railway created?

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1891-1902

41
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What are the figures of coal output in 1890 compared to 1916?

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1890 = 6m tons
1916 = 34m tons
42
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What are 3 drawbacks of Witte’s reforms?

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  • Russia became too dependent on foreign loans
  • Neglected vital light engineering areas such as machine tool production
  • Paid no attention to agriculture
43
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Why did peasants who had left the country side to work in the city initially accept their grim conditions?

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Due to the higher wages they received but when the boom turned to recession there was widespread unemployment

44
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What was the overall increase in industrial output from 1908-1914?

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8.5%

45
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Why did few workers gain from the industrial and financial expansion?

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Weak TUs and minimal legal protection left the workforce very much at the mercy of the employers
- Little of the money in circulation reached their pockets

46
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How did inflation and wages rise?

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Inflation rose 40% between 1908-1914 but the average wage rose from 245 to 264 roubles a month

47
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By 1914 how much of the population were peasants?

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4/5

48
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What are the two main groups opposed to Nicholas?

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Revolutionaries and reformers (liberals)

49
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What were the 3 major forces within the revolutionaries?

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The Populists, SRs and SDs

50
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What was the view of the Populists?

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Regarded the future of Russia as being in the hands of the peasants

51
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Who made up the Populists?

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M/c, u/c and students = no real success, not supported by peasants

52
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What did the Populists turn to?

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Terrorism as a means of achieving their aims = People’s Will

53
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Where did the SRs come from?

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The Populist movement

54
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What assassinations were the SRs responsible for?

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1901-1905 over 2000 assassinations, including Grand Dule Sergei

55
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What were the Left SRs and Right SRs?

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Left = terrorists 
Right = willing to work with other parties
56
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Who did the SRs receive growing support from after 1906?

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The professional classes, TUS and the All-Russian Union of Peasants

57
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When were political parties allowed?

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1905-1921

58
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Who were the Octoberists?

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Moderates who were basically loyal to the tsar

  • believed in the maintenance of the Russian empire
  • regard the manifesto and the duma as major constitutional advances
59
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What was the Kadets view?

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Wanted Russia to develop as a constitutional monarchy in which the powers of the Tsar would be restricted by a democratically elected constituent assembly

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