Nicholas I

Question 1

How many levels of government hierarchy were there

Answer 1

14

Question 2

What were the shortcomings of the ‘edict’ system

Answer 2

communication could only go down, not up

Question 3

What was the Council of Ministers

Answer 3

Personally appointed nobles who oversaw governmental departments

Question 4

How long were serfs forced to live in a military colony

Answer 4

25 years

Question 5

When was the Crimean war

Answer 5

1853-56

Question 6

What did it culminate in?

Answer 6

The Humiliating treaty of Paris

Question 7

What conditions were involved in the Treaty of Paris

Answer 7

Demilitarisation of the Black sea

and Territory was given to the Ottoman empire

Question 8

What percentage of government funding went on the military?

Answer 8

45%

Question 9

How many conscripted serfs were there?

Answer 9

1.5 million

Question 10

What was the ratio of village to town dwellers

Answer 10

11:1

Question 11

What kind of industry dominated russia

Answer 11

Cottage Industry

Question 12

What was Russia lacking economically

Answer 12

Internal Market Demand

Question 13

Why was the Mir system outdated

Answer 13

Land farmed in strips and practises that left little chance for surplus

Question 14

How did landowners not help the production of grain

Answer 14

Weren’t interested in efficiency so long as they had their taxes

Question 15

What percentage of imperial finance did the peasantry contribute to through taxes

Answer 15

90%

Question 16

what was the second largest population

Answer 16

Ukranians 22.4 million

Question 17

Give examples of other ethnic groups

Answer 17

Armenians,
Baltic Germans
Tartars
Jews