Lec 11: Autocracy Ascendant

Question 1

Who came up with the triad “orthodoxy, autocracy, nationality”. How does he implement this?

Answer 1

Sergei Uvarov (statesman and minister of national education)
- implements it through educational reforms, which is ironic because this led to people being more educated and looking beyond the triad.

Question 2

How is russia’s hierarchy categorizes in the “law on estates”. When was this law created?

Answer 2

1832.

1) nobility
2) clergy
3) urban dwellers
4) rural dwellers

Question 3

Who does Nicholas I ask to oversee political reforms and codify laws?

Answer 3

Mikhail Speransky!

Question 4

Name Nicholas I’s domestic reforms

Answer 4

• makes it easier for nobles to liberate serfs but does not make serfdom illegal
• he limits the number of new nobles created and tightens the standards for ennoblement
• codifies laws

Question 5

The crimean war:

• when was it?
• what were they fighting over?
• what is the result

Answer 5

• 1853-56
• Russia goes to war over the rights of orthodox christians in the holy lands (Palestine)
• Russia sues for peace (after Nicholas’ death), they lose their influence in the Black Sea region

Question 6

What is the Decembrists’ Revolt? when did it take place?

Answer 6

When Alexander I dies, his brother Constantine, who is supposed to succeed him, renounces the throne. His brother Nicholas then takes the throne.

3000 revolutionaries protest this: The revolt takes place in december 1825.

Nicholas shuts this down right away

Question 7

How does the decembrists’ revolt affect Nicholas’ reign? How does his upbringing affect his reign?

Answer 7

Coming to power amid the revolt made Nicholas paranoid for the remainder of his reign.

Growing up during the francophile and anti-liberal era, he does not entertain liberal ideas but rather enforces autocracy.

Question 8

What is Nicholas’ secret police called?

Answer 8

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