The Emancipation Act

Question 1

When did Alexander become a Tsar?

Answer 1

1855

Question 2

List some of the reforms the tsar made?

Answer 2

• Emancipation of the surfs
• Judicial reform
• Military reforms
• Education
• Local government

Question 3

What happened in July 1858

Answer 3

The tsar released the total serfs

Question 4

When was the emancipation act and what did it do?

Answer 4

1861 It abolished serfdom

Question 5

In 1866 the _____ serfs were released

Answer 5

State

Question 6

What were the principles of the act

Answer 6

• Freed peasants to become properties of land
• They were driven Alan BUT forced to pay payments back to the tsar
• ## The state compensated their assets

Question 7

What was the personal reason for the enlightenment

Answer 7

Wanted to uphold autocracy and his god given right but felt pressure for reforms.

Doing liberal reform to stop an uprising.

Question 8

How did the Crimean war affect the emancipation

Answer 8

• main catalyst

Dimitri Milyn wanted reform to strengthen the state.
He believed that the army needed to be modernised & free labour would provide what was needed for the military environment

Question 9

How did he ‘prevent rebellion from below’ by emancipating the serfs?

Answer 9

• There was an increase in uprisings that alarmed the Tsar.

- To maintain control of the flow and power

Question 10

How did the government and his upbringing influence the emancipation?

Answer 10

Mylin Brothers - helped him draft the emancipation act

His tutor was a liberal

Question 11

How did the emancipation benefit the Tsar?

Answer 11

• He received taxes

- Volosts supervised the Mirs so they had more control over the countryside

Question 12

How did the emancipation benefit the nobility

Answer 12

• they got a compensation payment that was worth more than their land.
• They could invest in industry

Question 13

How did the emancipation benefit the peasantry

Answer 13

• They were no longer owned by the landlords
• They could buy and own land ( kulaks)
• Some found work in the industrial areas
• Given rights they didn’t have before
• They could invest in the industry

Question 14

How did it cause problems for the tsar

Answer 14

• there were many uprisings still
• the Zemtva questioning the government of the nation
• relationship between the tsar and the nobility = deteriorates
• famine
• insufficient farming measures

Question 15

How did the emancipation cause problems for the nobility

Answer 15

• Some nobles went bankrupt
• Resented the tsar because they lost influence
• disappointed in the reform

Question 16

How did the emancipation cause problems for the Peasants

Answer 16

• Still had not freedom of movement
• Due to the more they old not produce surplus product
• THEY HAD DEBT from the redemption payments

Question 17

When was the great famine and how many died as a result?

Answer 17

1891-92

350,000

Question 18

Why was the famine relevant to the emancipation

Answer 18

It shows the act failed to make the Russian people prosperous