russia society

Question 1

is it more or less industrialized than other places

Answer 1

less industrialized

Question 2

they had the smalles ___ class

Answer 2

middle class

Question 3

they had the largest population of:

Answer 3

serfs

Question 4

were they likely to have or not have a communist society

Answer 4

less likely

Question 5

what was the relationshop of orthodox church with the state

Answer 5

very powerful and allied with state

Question 6

what are the 2 big religions other than orthdox

Answer 6

south- muslim

west- jewish

Question 7

Who was Nicholas I again>

Answer 7

he got into carimean war and showed russia was weak and backwards

Question 8

who is Alexander II (1815-1881)

Answer 8

Best, most liberal czar

Question 9

for the first 10 yeras,w aht does he do

Answer 9

lots of reforms and modernization

Question 10

in 1861, he gets rid of which concept

Answer 10

serdom

Question 11

where were serfs put on?

Answer 11

communal lands

Question 12

mirs

Answer 12

communal lands

Question 13

what was the issue with serfs living on mirs

Answer 13

hard to improve things or become entrepreneur, no one was better or more succesful since everyone is sharing

Question 14

what are some other reforms

Answer 14

favorable courts, fair law codes, education (which all only basically helped bourg. but at least its a beginning)

Question 15

Whats a big change

Answer 15

he allowed local areas to have assembly and for the first time, people had rights
(no national assembly yet)

Question 16

Why did he stop doing reforms

Answer 16

someone tried to kill him

Question 17

when reforms stopped, which two raidcal isms came up?

Answer 17

anarchism, and nihilism

Question 18

anarchism

Answer 18

destroy all institutions of power

Question 19

nihilism

Answer 19

nothing matters

violence

Question 20

Alexander II was planning to have an assembly butttt what happens that makes him not b able to

Answer 20

gets killed by nihilists when they packed bombs in snowballs

Question 21

Who was Alexander III and his characteristics (1881-1894)

Answer 21

Very reactionary (conservative)- like Nicholas I

Question 22

what happened to local assemblies?

Answer 22

lost their power

Question 23

what was Russify

Answer 23

nationalism for russia

Question 24

for nationalism, what did he do

Answer 24

russian in schools only

orthodox religion dominates

Question 25

starts pogroms, which is

Answer 25

going after the jewish - which starts emigraption to israeland american

Question 26

herzel jewish journalist and political activitst - zionism

Answer 26

push to go down to where jews’ homeland used to be in jerusalem

Question 27

Alexander III starts ___ development

Answer 27

economic

Question 28

when he died, were people happy

Answer 28

yes

Question 29

WHo is nichlas II

Answer 29

alexander III son, russias last czar

Question 30

From day 1, people realized that Nicholas II was

Answer 30

a mess

Question 31

who is vladimir lening

Answer 31

hardcore bourg marxist

Question 32

why is he a angry man

Answer 32

his older bro got executed for trying to execute ALEX III

Question 33

was lenin ever exiled? why

Answer 33

yes and he was arrested becuase he was revolutionary

Question 34

what are lenin’s beliefs on marxism:
he hates___
why

Answer 34

unions

didnt want workers to be happy because then they wont revolt

Question 35

in what way does he agree with marx

Answer 35

no compromise, no short term goals, no unions

we must take revolutionary thought to workers

Question 36

in what way is he different from marx

Answer 36

marx said the poor must rise but lenin feels an elite must lead it

Question 37

What do lenin and the bolsheviks do?

Answer 37

take revolution to the people

Question 38

where do lenin and bolsheviks meet

Answer 38

in london

Question 39

who are the majority of the marxists are they more radical or revolutionary

Answer 39

lenin and bolsheviks

radical

Question 40

who are the minority

Answer 40

menshevik

Question 41

lenin’s characteristics of menshevik

Answer 41

lenin didnt like them because he thought they would compromise and only wanted better pay