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PART 1 Flashcards

1
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In which century did Russia begin?

A

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 ?

A

Less than 50%

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5
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What was the mainstay of the Russian economy?

A

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

A

Urals

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8
Q

Large quantities of coal?

A

Donetz basin

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9
Q

Rank for textile producers in world?

A

5th

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10
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Abolition of serfdom

A

1861

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11
Q

What did Nicholas put as his occupation in the consensus

A

Landowner

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12
Q

Who was the first Romanov?

A

Mikhail romanov h

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13
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What were the old high ranking aristocracy called?

A

Boyars

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14
Q

When did mikhail save Russia from the poles?

A

1613

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15
Q

What type of tsarism did Nicholas want to revive?

A

17th cent Muscovy

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16
Q

When did peter the great reign?

A

1682-1725

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17
Q

Alex the great capital?

A

St Peresburg

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18
Q

What was the name for st Petersburg

A

The window to the west

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19
Q

Which myth did Alexander seek to revive

A

The myth of popular aristocracy

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20
Q

When was Alexander III on the throne

A

1881-94

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21
Q

Which tsar implemented liberal reforms?

A

Alexander III

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22
Q

Which careers did the nobility dominate

A

The beaurocracy

Army leadership

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23
Q

What were many nobles dependant on for wealth in 1894

A

The state

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24
Q

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

A

1860s

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25
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What were the lesser nobility called

A

Provincial nobility

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26
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How much of the gentry land was sold to peasants between 1861 and 1900??

A

40%

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27
Q

Who did the army belong to?

A

The tsar

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28
Q

When was the Crimean war

A

1854-56

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29
Q

Who won the Crimean war

A

Ottoman Empire

British empire

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30
Q

When was the Russo Turkish war

A

1877-78

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31
Q

Who won the Russo Turkish war

A

Russia and Serbia

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32
Q

What happened to military funding since 1850?

A

It dropped

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33
Q

Which ministers got bigger budgets in the 19th century

A

Inferior

Finance

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34
Q

When did the eastern branch of the Cristian church move to Moscow

A

1453

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35
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Why did the eastern branch of the Cristian church move to Moscow

A

Constantinople fell to the Turks

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36
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Who acted as minster for ecclesiastical affairs in Russia in the 19th cent

A

Procurator general of the holy synod

37
Q

Which matters did the church courts prosecute on in the 19th century?

A

Incest
Adultury
Blasphemy

38
Q

Who brought in land captains to help provincial government?

A

Alexander iii

39
Q

How many land captains were created from the gentry in 1889?

A

2000

40
Q

What was Alexander’s II nickname?

A

The tsar liberator

41
Q

How long did freed serfs have to pay redemption payments to the state after the emancipation of the serfs

A

49 years

42
Q

When was the creation of the zemstvas

A

1864

43
Q

When was the polish revolution

A

1863

44
Q

When was there an attempted assassination on Alexander III

A

1866

45
Q

When was there s growth in terrorist opposition during Alexander II reign

A

1878-1880

46
Q

Which group succeeded in assassinating Alexander III?

A

Peoples will

47
Q

When was Alexander assassinated

A

March 1881

48
Q

Whose National Assembly plan did Alexander II approve towards the end of his reign

A

Louis melikovs

49
Q

What was Alexander III nickname

A

The lord of a medieval manner

50
Q

Who was Alexander III ultra conservative advisor

A

Konstantin pobedonestov

51
Q

What happened to Alexander II assassins

A

Executed

52
Q

In what year was there a statute to disenfranchise Jewish people and peasant landowners

A

1890

53
Q

Why did economic development accelerate in the 1870s

A

Development of railways

54
Q

Which industries stimulated Russia in the 1880s

A

Coal
Iron
Cotton

55
Q

Who was the finance minister of Russia in the 1880s

A

Bunge

56
Q

What did bunge do to stimulate the economy

A

Reduce taxes on peasants

57
Q

Who was bunges successor as finance minister

A

Vshnegradsky

58
Q

What was vsyhnegradskys policy on taxing peasants

A

Tax them even more

59
Q

When was the big famine in Russia

A

1891

60
Q

How many square kilometres did imperial Russia cover in 1894

A

27 million

61
Q

How many Jews by 1894

A

5 million

62
Q

What percent were ruling class

A

0.5%

63
Q

Upper class

A

12%

64
Q

Working class

A

4%

65
Q

Peasants

A

82%

66
Q

Middle class

A

1.5%

67
Q

What were the three pillars in the triad of official nationality

A

Nationality
Orthodoxy’s
Autocracy

68
Q

When was Marx’s capital published in Russia

A

1872

69
Q

How long did it not rain for in the famine

A

100 days

70
Q

How many people suffered from the 1891 famine

A

36 million

71
Q

How many people were killed by typhoid and cholera in 1892 due to the 1891 famine

A

500,000

72
Q

When were the okrana created

A

1886

73
Q

How many operatives were in the okrana

A

2500

74
Q

Sq km per okrana

A

27.4

75
Q

When was the largest ever anti semtetic disorder in Russia pre Nicholas

A

26 April 1881

76
Q

Who did the tsar blame the disorder on

A

Jews

Revolutionaries

77
Q

When were the May laws issued

A

May 1882

78
Q

How long did the may laws stay in place for

A

30+ years

79
Q

What were the isolated Jewish agricultural colonies established in the May laws called?

A

Pale settlements

80
Q

What was the key regulation on Jews under the May laws

A

Unable to leave pale settlements

81
Q

How tall was Alexander III

A

6 3

82
Q

Who helped the starving peasants when the gov refused to in 1891

A

Relief teams

83
Q

Number of uni students in 1860

A

5000

84
Q

Uni students by 1914

A

69000

85
Q

Literacy rate in Russia

A

21%

86
Q

Literacy rate by 1914

A

40%

87
Q

What percentage of school children wanted an educated profession

A

50%

88
Q

What percentage of Russian school children wasnted to be a peasant

A

Less than 2%

89
Q

What year was there a ban on women and children working night shifts in factories

A

1885

Russia (4 decks)

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