russian rev 1 Flashcards
what is the term for russian “slavery”
serfdom
what are the 4 russian themes
expansion by conquest, the necessity of a strong, central government, Russian orthodoxy, and serfdom
what is the term for russian nobility
boyars
what was the goal of cyril
converting the slavs to Christianity
why doesn’t russia industrialize
there’s no middle class
why wouldn’t gov. purchase modernized equipment
bc they didn’t want to make the serfs job too easy
who was at the bottom of the social class
serfs
who defeats nap
alexander i
who was the man who frees the serfs, and recognized russias need for a revolution
alexander ii (known as tsar liberator)
what was the first terror organization called
peoples will
who starts the trans syberian railway
alexander iii
what is the term for a secret police
okhrana
what is required for russification
everyone has to speak russian and be a russian orthodox christian
in order, who were the 5 19th century tsars
Alexander i Nicholas i Alexander ii Alexander iii Nicholas ii
who was the tsar known as “girly man”
nicholas ii
what does nicholas ii forbid
russian being spoken at the court
what kind of government was russia
autocracy
what is an autocracy
gov. ruled by one person with unlimited authority
why did nicholas ii and his wife become u popular
politically incompetent, they relied on Rasputin, and food and fuel shortages
who was the syberian mystic who was a criminal
rasputin
what were the causes of the revolution
social hierarchy, industrialization, weak economy, foreign influence, russo-japanese war, unrest among peasants and working poor, and the potemkin mutiny
what treaty does roosevelt create
treaty of portsmouth
what is the spark for the 1905 rev
bloody sunday
how do we know when it’s a revolution
when armies move to the side of the people (revolutionaries)
