the role of Nicholas II as autocrat Flashcards
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Positive features of Nicholas II: (3)
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- Devoted husband and father
- Charming to the people
- Loved country, chose to speak Russian out of the four languages he knew
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Negative features of Nicholas II: (3)
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- Had not inherited his father’s commanding personality
- uneducated and inexperienced
- Knew little of social, constitutional and economic problems
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1905, duma, pay, consider
October Manifesto features: (3)
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- October manifesto 17th October 1905 announced the creation of Duma – a national assembly which would be elected from any hierarchy and given the power to make laws.
- Tsar could no longer consider himself as an autocrat.
- November 1905, Tsar issued a report cancelling redemption payments
4
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when were the Fundamental laws created?
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1906
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Positives of the Fundamental laws (3)
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- Elections for duma parliament held
- Duma could pass laws
- Duma offered people a public voice and power to a degree which was new to Russia
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effective, 1907, duma, legislation, Article 87
Negatives of the Fundamental laws
(5)
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- Not effective for solutions to grievances
- 1907, voting changed to benefit only landowners
- nicholas changed the first two duma’s that the manifesto allowed as they were heavily against him so he kind of went against the laws
- Upper house created known as state councils, members personally appointed by tsar, could veto legislation like tsar
- Article 87 of fundamental laws, any government could declare state of emergency and pass laws when duma was out of session which was only in a state of emergency
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Nicholas’s beliefs: (3)
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- Believed God chose him to rule so thus when he went out into the war, he believed that his presence would be uplifting and encourage soldiers to fight better
- Refused to share power but took advice from Alexandra which was controversial because she was German.
- Strongly against democracy
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How Nicholas ruled: (5)
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- Used secret police
- Shut down the Duma when unhappy
- Censored newspapers
- Fired the experienced chief of the military and appointed himself chief
- Punished opponents
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Main problems with Nicholas’s reign: (5)
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- Ignored public opinion when he could avoid it
- Made all decisions alone
- Kept power in family
- Refused necessary changes
- Ordered soldiers to fire on protesters rather than deal with problems
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Date of announced October Manifesto
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17th October 1905
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When was Nicholas in absolute power until
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late 1905
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Problems with October manifesto with peasents (2)
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- Manifesto addressed no problems of poverty
- Workers in St Petersburg were striking because they wanted 8-hour shifts
13
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when did the russian revolution last until
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1922
