Romanovs Definitions

Question 1

Okhrana

Answer 1

Secret Police that dealt with all the Tsar private matters

Question 2

Abdicate

Answer 2

Resign from political ruling

Question 3

Cossack

Answer 3

Group of Russians with a history of fighting

Question 4

Police State

Answer 4

Regime under government that uses police to severely limit its peoples freedom

Question 5

Feudal

Answer 5

Medieval social system where privileged nobles control hard-working peasants

Question 6

Marxism

Answer 6

Social, political and economic theory based on the writings of Karl Marx

Question 7

Capitalism

Answer 7

Economic/political system in which the country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit rather than state

Question 8

Revolution

Answer 8

Fundamental change in a way a country is controlled

Question 9

Proletariat

Answer 9

Industrial workers

Question 10

Bourgeoisie

Answer 10

Employers and people who run large companies and exploit the working class

Question 11

Socialism

Answer 11

Set of state beliefs that all people are equal and should share equally in a country money

Question 12

Communism

Answer 12

Classless society and production are owned and controlled by everyone.

Question 13

When did Nicholas become Tsar?

Answer 13

1894, 26 years old - When his father died unexpectedly

Question 14

What year was bloody Sunday

Answer 14

22nd January 1905

Question 15

What years was the Romanov family in power?

Answer 15

1613 (Time of Troubles) -1917

Question 16

What was the diversity like in Russia throughout that time?

Answer 16

• 70 distinct nationalities
• 126 million (68 were ‘Great Russian’ - 54%)
• 200 different nationalities

Question 17

What connections did Russia have with other Foreign Powers?

Answer 17

• Nicholas First Cousin (King Geroge V - was King of Great Britain)
• Alexi Grandmother ruled Germany

Question 18

How much land was suitable for farming?

Answer 18

5%

Question 19

What was the class system in the 1900s?

Answer 19

The Tsar

The Nobility

Middle class - Businessman, Civil servants, intelligentsia

Lower Class - Proletrarist and peasants

Question 20

Reasons why it was hard to govern Russia?

Answer 20

1. Peasent Populations
   2 Population diversity
2. issues with communication (language barriers, limited infostructure)
3. Strict social hierarchy
4. Immense size
5. Lack of industrialization
6. New ideas and reforms were occurring
7. Discontent with civil rights, working conditions and the state of poverty