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1
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In which century did Russia begin?

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13th

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2
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How much of the worlds land surface did Russia cover by 1881?

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20%

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3
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What was the pop of Russia in 1881?

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100 mil

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4
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What percentage of the pop was Russian ?

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Less than 50%

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5
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What was the mainstay of the Russian economy?

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Agriculture

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6
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What agri product did make the most of?

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Grain

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7
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Which area of Russia was famous for its iron ores

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Urals

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8
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Large quantities of coal?

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Donetz basin

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9
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Rank for textile producers in world?

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5th

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10
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Abolition of serfdom

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1861

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11
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What did Nicholas put as his occupation in the consensus

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Landowner

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12
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Who was the first Romanov?

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Mikhail romanov h

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13
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What were the old high ranking aristocracy called?

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Boyars

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14
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When did mikhail save Russia from the poles?

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1613

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15
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What type of tsarism did Nicholas want to revive?

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17th cent Muscovy

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16
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When did peter the great reign?

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1682-1725

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17
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Alex the great capital?

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St Peresburg

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18
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What was the name for st Petersburg

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The window to the west

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19
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Which myth did Alexander seek to revive

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The myth of popular aristocracy

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20
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When was Alexander III on the throne

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1881-94

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21
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Which tsar implemented liberal reforms?

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Alexander III

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22
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Which careers did the nobility dominate

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The beaurocracy

Army leadership

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23
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What were many nobles dependant on for wealth in 1894

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The state

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24
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In which decade did it seem possible that the civil service might be overhauled

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1860s

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25
What were the lesser nobility called
Provincial nobility
26
How much of the gentry land was sold to peasants between 1861 and 1900??
40%
27
Who did the army belong to?
The tsar
28
When was the Crimean war
1854-56
29
Who won the Crimean war
Ottoman Empire | British empire
30
When was the Russo Turkish war
1877-78
31
Who won the Russo Turkish war
Russia and Serbia
32
What happened to military funding since 1850?
It dropped
33
Which ministers got bigger budgets in the 19th century
Inferior | Finance
34
When did the eastern branch of the Cristian church move to Moscow
1453
35
Why did the eastern branch of the Cristian church move to Moscow
Constantinople fell to the Turks
36
Who acted as minster for ecclesiastical affairs in Russia in the 19th cent
Procurator general of the holy synod
37
Which matters did the church courts prosecute on in the 19th century?
Incest Adultury Blasphemy
38
Who brought in land captains to help provincial government?
Alexander iii
39
How many land captains were created from the gentry in 1889?
2000
40
What was Alexander’s II nickname?
The tsar liberator
41
How long did freed serfs have to pay redemption payments to the state after the emancipation of the serfs
49 years
42
When was the creation of the zemstvas
1864
43
When was the polish revolution
1863
44
When was there an attempted assassination on Alexander III
1866
45
When was there s growth in terrorist opposition during Alexander II reign
1878-1880
46
Which group succeeded in assassinating Alexander III?
Peoples will
47
When was Alexander assassinated
March 1881
48
Whose National Assembly plan did Alexander II approve towards the end of his reign
Louis melikovs
49
What was Alexander III nickname
The lord of a medieval manner
50
Who was Alexander III ultra conservative advisor
Konstantin pobedonestov
51
What happened to Alexander II assassins
Executed
52
In what year was there a statute to disenfranchise Jewish people and peasant landowners
1890
53
Why did economic development accelerate in the 1870s
Development of railways
54
Which industries stimulated Russia in the 1880s
Coal Iron Cotton
55
Who was the finance minister of Russia in the 1880s
Bunge
56
What did bunge do to stimulate the economy
Reduce taxes on peasants
57
Who was bunges successor as finance minister
Vshnegradsky
58
What was vsyhnegradskys policy on taxing peasants
Tax them even more
59
When was the big famine in Russia
1891
60
How many square kilometres did imperial Russia cover in 1894
27 million
61
How many Jews by 1894
5 million
62
What percent were ruling class
0.5%
63
Upper class
12%
64
Working class
4%
65
Peasants
82%
66
Middle class
1.5%
67
What were the three pillars in the triad of official nationality
Nationality Orthodoxy’s Autocracy
68
When was Marx’s capital published in Russia
1872
69
How long did it not rain for in the famine
100 days
70
How many people suffered from the 1891 famine
36 million
71
How many people were killed by typhoid and cholera in 1892 due to the 1891 famine
500,000
72
When were the okrana created
1886
73
How many operatives were in the okrana
2500
74
Sq km per okrana
27.4
75
When was the largest ever anti semtetic disorder in Russia pre Nicholas
26 April 1881
76
Who did the tsar blame the disorder on
Jews | Revolutionaries
77
When were the May laws issued
May 1882
78
How long did the may laws stay in place for
30+ years
79
What were the isolated Jewish agricultural colonies established in the May laws called?
Pale settlements
80
What was the key regulation on Jews under the May laws
Unable to leave pale settlements
81
How tall was Alexander III
6 3
82
Who helped the starving peasants when the gov refused to in 1891
Relief teams
83
Number of uni students in 1860
5000
84
Uni students by 1914
69000
85
Literacy rate in Russia
21%
86
Literacy rate by 1914
40%
87
What percentage of school children wanted an educated profession
50%
88
What percentage of Russian school children wasnted to be a peasant
Less than 2%
89
What year was there a ban on women and children working night shifts in factories
1885

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