Nicholas II Flashcards
Nicholas II ruled from…
1894-1917
Proportion of children of peasants and workers at university in 1914?
38.8% (risen from 15.7% in 1980)
Government spending on elementary education increase 1905-14?
1.8% of budget to 4.2% (76 billion roubles)
What happened to enrolments in primary schools 1900-14?
Doubled
What happened to enrolments in secondary schools 1900-14?
Quadrupled
What happened to enrolments in higher education 1900-14?
Tripled
When did Nick II lift censorship?
1905 October manifesto
When did Nick II reintroduce censorship and why?
1911 because of Rasputin
What did Konstantin pobedonostsev call democracy?
‘The great lie of our time’
Who was Konstantin pobedonostsev?
Chief minister of the Russian government 1881-905
What did stolypin do to normal judicial procedures?
Got rid of them - hearings behind closed doors, defendants not allowed legal representation or the right to appeal, sentences carried out almost immediately
What was the result of the SRs attempted assassination of stolypin?
State of emergency declared and field courts martial introduced
Assassination attempt on stolypin?
1906
Who was stolypin?
Prime minister of the third Duma 1906-11
What did stolypin say about reform?
“Suppression first and then, only then, reform”
How many hanged by Stolypin’s necktie?
2,500
October manifesto was in…
1905
Redemption payments halved in?
1906
Redemption payments removed in?
1907
Redemption payments due to end in?
1910
What freedoms did the October manifesto grant?
Citizenship, worship and conscience
What system was the Duma?
Bi-cameral - one chamber was an elected lower house and the other a state council mostly appointed by the tsar
How many national minorities in the first Duma?
120
First Duma was in…
April-June 1906
Why didn’t the Duma have a financial hold over the government?
The tsar had successfully negotiated a substantial loan from France in early 1906
Third Duma was between…
1907-12
State run insurance scheme for workers set up by the Duma in…
1912
Fourth Duma was between…
1912-17
The fundamental laws made in…
April 1906
What were the fundamental laws?
Gave the tsar all government powers and a veto as well as the power to appoint and dismiss president of the council, minister and other officials
Rasputin poisoned the monarchy’s relations with…
It’s traditional pillars of support - the court, the bureaucracy, the church and the army
Example of Rasputin scandalising tsarism?
1915: the Yar restaurant - got drunk and claimed to be the tsarinas lover
Witte was minister of finance between…
1893-1903
Gold standard set up in…
1897
What did the gold standard do?
Create a more stable economy
In the 1980s Russia’s annual growth rate was high than…
That of any other industrial country
In the 1890s Russia’s economy grew by…
8% pa
50% growth in national income between…
1894-1913