Russia autocracy in 1855

Question 1

In 1855 how many conscripted serfs were in the Army

Answer 1

1.5 million

Question 2

In 1855 what % of the governments annual spending was only army and navy

Answer 2

45%

Question 3

What was the Imperial Council

Answer 3

35-60 nobles to provide advice

Question 4

What were council ministers

Answer 4

8 to 14 minsters in charge of different gov departments.

Question 5

What was the table of ranks

Answer 5

14 levels - rank 1 - members of the council of ministers 14- minor state positions such as collecting taxes

Question 6

Who was the Over procurator of the Holy synod

Answer 6

gov minister appointed by Tsar to run church affairs.

Question 7

Why was the dependence on serf-based economy inhibiting economic development

Answer 7

limiting factors that drive change - wage earners, markets, and entrepreneurs
money was irrelevant

Question 8

What were the 2 types of serf

Answer 8

little over a half privately owned and the remainder were state serfs

Question 9

Where did serfs work

Answer 9

on the land in village communes - mir

Question 10

When was the Crimean War

Answer 10

1853-1856

Question 11

It took Russia longer to …

Answer 11

get equipment to the front than it took France and Britain to send soldiers and materials from the channel ports.

Question 12

How many muskets to soldiers

Answer 12

one to every two soldiers

Question 13

When did Sebastopol fall?

Answer 13

Sep 1855

Question 14

When was the Treaty of Paris

Answer 14

1856

Question 15

How long were coscripted serfs forced to serve and live

Answer 15

25 years and live in a military colony

Question 16

What are Cossacks?

Answer 16

Acted as a personal bodyguard to the Tsar and as police enforcements
Skills in horsemanship

Question 17

What are the Tsars’ imperial edicts

Answer 17

The law of the land

Question 18

Who were the civil servants

Answer 18

paid nobles chosen from a table of ranks.

Question 19

To maintain autocracy what did Russia develop into

Answer 19

A police state

Question 20

What is a police state

Answer 20

When a government uses the police to control everyone’s lives

Question 21

In 1855 what was the secret police known as

Answer 21

the third section

Question 22

What powers did the third section have

Answer 22

unlimited powers to carry out raids, arrest, and imprisonment.

Question 23

Who was head of Orthodox church

Answer 23

The Tsar- regarded as embodiment of God on Earth

Question 24

What was the Patriarch of Moscow

Answer 24

worked closely with the Tsar and provided spiritual guidance

Question 25

Ratio of village to town dwellers in both Russia and Britain in 1855

Answer 25

11:1 compared to 2:1 in Britain

Question 26

What put a strain on Russia’s economic development

Answer 26

The size and climate of the country

Question 27

Lack of progress was mainly due to …

Answer 27

dependence on serf-based economy

Question 28

What was the main direct tax in russia 1855

Answer 28

The Poll tax

Question 29

Who provided 90% of Imperial finance

Answer 29

peasantry, urban workers and tradesmen

Question 30

Social - what was there an absence of

Answer 30

any coherent middle class

Question 31

Who were urban artisans

Answer 31

possess some skills such a s being a cobbler.

Question 32

Serfs- What did cottage industries do

Answer 32

provided a little extra cash for taxes and special purchases

Question 33

What was there Little incentive/ opportunity for serfs to develop into

Answer 33

wage earners

Question 34

What were serfs classified as

Answer 34

property rather than citizens of the state- Could be sold and brought, beaten,

Question 35

3 reasons why Russia suffered during the crimean war

Answer 35

Poor transport, outdated technology, inadequate leadership

Question 36

What weapon was used in Crimea

Answer 36

Inferior muskets

Question 37

What did the Crimean War reveal -

Answer 37

Russia’s military and administrate inadequacies

Question 38

Problem with the treaty of paris

Answer 38

humiliating and prevented Russian warships from using the Black Sea in times of peace.