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Question 1

what began to develop after the defeat in the Crimean war and the emancipation

Answer 1

the backward Russian economy

Question 2

who played an active role in promoting the industry?

Answer 2

the state played an active role in promoting industry
- financial policies + encouragement of overseas investment and expertise were crucial

Question 3

why was the peasantry forced to support industrialisation?

Answer 3

by the drive to export grain and an increase in indirect taxation

Question 4

what were crucial developments?

Answer 4

-railway developments = crucial first step
-traditional textiles,heavy industry and oil grew more important

Question 5

emancipation and industrialisation also brought social change affecting ?

Answer 5

landowners, a growing ‘middle class’, expanding the ranks of urban workers
-causing greater social division in the countryside

Question 6

Throughout this period the orthodox church maintained?

Answer 6

a strong cultural influence and was used by the state to help keep the population under control