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