Russian revolution: Flashcards
What was an agrarian economy:
Produces a certain kind of society, where the wealth comes from the production of crops.
Why and how did an agrarian economy change Russian society?
Fundamentally changing society from traditional (farming) to industrialization.
- changing the roles and responsibilities of people (men and women).
The emergence of democracy, “power to the people” (Changing the nature of work and politics)
What did Karl Marx believe about the bourgeoise and proletariat?
he believed that the means of the bourgeoise (their wealth and power) were used to dominate the proletariat.
- Class produces inequalities in wealth.
What is a bourgeoise?
A social class that owns property and is in association with hierarchical power and wealth.
What is a bourgeoise?
A social class that has no means of ownership of property within society, and whose job it is to work for the rich.
What was the old regime of Russia?
An agrarian economy which created a monarchy.
1. Absolutists (believed power came from God).
2. Political institutions come from the Middle Ages, and Russia was not modernly advanced.
- Russia wanted to be as advanced as the western world, therefore they began industrializing (exploiting factory workers)
Who is Alexander the second, and when did he rule?
1855-1881, he was known as the great reformer.
- abolished serfdom, and created a zemstvo.
serfdom: a system of enforced labour where landowners own the people who tend the land.
- people buy land and own the people who work on the land.
zemstvo: a local assembly which provided people with a voice.
- elected by people, and nobles.
- Property-based voting
- provided the rich and powerful
What did industrialization mean in Russia?
Military growth, they wanted efficient transportation which was funded by the government.
- 1860: 12,000 miles of track
- 1875: 15,000 miles of track.
the track stitched Russia, Ukraine, and Poland together.
Who was Sergie Yulacvich Witte?
Prime Minister of Russia,
- Experienced the siege war which was professionally and educationally organized
- Realizing the railway was the future of Russia and raising tariffs to protect the emerging industries in Russia.
Russia manufactures grows and encourages home goods, grain, and industrial products.
Russo Japenese war
1904, occurred because Russia’s rapid industrialization helped aid its invasion of Japan.
- Japanese won (propaganda labeled them as Japanese rats)
- Due to the loss of the war Russia lost sparks and liberals demanded democracy starting the ideology of nationalism for Russia to take control of Ukraine and Poland.
