Preversation Of Autocracy

Question 1

What was the tsar

Answer 1

Leader of the Russian empire

Question 2

Who was the paitriach Moscow

Answer 2

An individual who provided the tsar with spiritual guidance

Question 3

Who was the over procurator of the holy synod

Answer 3

A government minister whom the tsar appointed to run his church affairs

Question 4

What is meant by autocracy

Answer 4

That the tsar had no limits to his power

Question 5

Within the church what was under tsarist control

Answer 5

Administration

Church finances

Appointments

Religious education

Question 6

What were imperial edicts

Answer 6

They were orders from the tsar and were law of the land

Question 7

Name in Order of roles within the Russian government

Answer 7

Tsar
Imperial council
Council of ministers
The senate

Question 8

What was the imperial council

Answer 8

A body of 35-60 men personally appointed by the tsar who provided him with expert advise and opinions

Question 9

Who were the council ministers

Answer 9

A body of 8 - 14 ministers who were in charge of different government departments

Question 10

Who made up the bureaucracy in Russia

Answer 10

Civil servants who were Paid nobles

Question 11

How were the civil servants selected

Answer 11

From a table of rank from 1-14

Question 12

How big was the Russian army

Answer 12

It was the largest army in the world made up of 1.5 million men

Question 13

Who made up the army

Answer 13

Nobles and conscripted serge

Question 14

How long were serfs expected to serve in the army

Answer 14

25 years

Question 15

How much of government spending did the army amount

Answer 15

45%

Question 16

What where military colonies

Answer 16

It was where conscripted serfs would stay and they were in harsh conditions

Question 17

What did the tsar use the army for

Answer 17

To put down rebellions within Russia

And to fight in wars

Question 18

Who were the Cossacks

Answer 18

The tsars personal body guard

Question 19

What did the police state in Russia prevent

Answer 19

Freedom of speech

Political meetings and strikers

Travel abroad

Freedom of press

Question 20

What else did the police state enforce

Answer 20

Censorship at every level including the press

Question 21

What was the third section

Answer 21

The secret state of security

Question 22

What was the role of the third section

Answer 22

They had strict surveillance over the population

They had the power to enforce raids over Russia

They could exile or arrest those who were suspected of anti tsarist behaviour

Question 23

What reasons was for the Russian economy being so backwards

Answer 23

Over reliance on serfdom

Most of it’s land was inhospital(lots of barren land)

Poor communications between other European countries meant they couldn’t trade as well with their agricultural produce

Lack of markets

Question 24

What were serfs

Answer 24

Poor peasant that worked on lands owned by landowners

Question 25

Why were serfs causing economic turmoil within Russia

Answer 25

They had little incentive or motivation as they only produced enough in terms of farming to survive a

Question 26

What is meant by a lack of internal market demand

Answer 26

Peasants weren’t buying any manufactured products as they could produce their foods and products like wool

Question 27

How were landowning elite causing economic issues

Answer 27

They owned land which the serfs worked on and they kept the produce that the serfs made rather than sell it off and they kept it for themselfves

Question 28

What was causing income for the landowners to fall

Answer 28

Agricultural changes in the European market meant that productivity and
Competition increased so landowners were losing money

Question 29

Due to landowners running into dents what were many forced to do

Answer 29

They had to mortgage serfs and estates

Question 30

What did the mortgaging of various properties for landowners enable the government to do

Answer 30

The government could seize properties of the landowners if they didn’t pay back the money they owned