Timeline Flashcards
When was Russia defeated in the Crimean war?
1856
When was the State Bank established?
1860
When was Serfdom abolished?
March 1861
When was ‘Young Russia’ published and what did it call for?
1862
- Argued reform was essential + revolution was necessary for change
When did Universities become self-governing bodies?
1863
When was the January Uprising?
1863
When was the Zemstva created?
1864
When were the Military and Judicial reforms?
1864
When were the Censorship reforms?
1865
When was the first assassination attempt on AII?
April 1866
When did the nobles, misters etc believe reform had gone too far and encouraged AII to replace liberal ministers when conservative ones?
1866
When was trial by jury removed for political crimes?
1869
When was there substantial government investment in railway construction?
1870-73
When was oil pumped from the sea port of Baku?
1871
When were Universities banned from including any subject which involved critical thinking?
1871
When was military service expanded to all classes?
1874
When was the Populist ‘Go the People Campaign’?
1874:
- Encouraged peasants to rise up against the regime
When was the trial of the 193?
1877
When was the group ‘Land and Liberty’ set up?
1877
When was the Russo-Turkish war?
1877-1878
When did ‘Land and Liberty’ spilt into ‘The Black Partition’ and ‘The People’s Will’
1879
When did the Peoples Will declare the Tsar had to be removed?
1879
When was there a poor harvest + famine?
1879-80
When was AII assassinated by the Peoples Will?
1881
When did AIII order the execution of those responsible for his fathers death?
1881
When did Russification begin?
1881
When was the Okhrana given martial powers?
1882
When were ‘closed’ court sessions reintroduced?
1885
When were women and children banned from working at night?
1885
When was there increased military spending?
1885
When were Land Banks created?
1885
When did Ivan Vyshengradsky become minister of finance?
1886
When did Russia acquire a loan from France to improve finances and gold reserves?
1888
When were Land Captains set up?
1889
When were peasant’s votes in elections reduced?
1890
When did work being on the Trans-Siberian Railway?
1891
When was there a big famine?
1891-92
When did the M/C become dissatisfied with AIII and wanted a voice in government?
1891
When did Russia continue to export grain leading to Vyshengradsky’s dismissal?
1891
When were children under 12 and women not allowed to work in mines?
1892
When did Witte become Minister of Finance?
1892
When did AIII die from kidney failure?
1894
When was Lenin exiled to Siberia?
1895
When did the General Union of Jewish Workers form?
1897
When did Witte introduce a new rouble backed by the Gold Standard?
1897
When did the Russia Social Democratic Worker’s party form?
1898
When was Lenin realised from exile and travelled to Switzerland?
1900
When was the average working day 11 hours?
1900
When was there a poor harvest causing rural violence?
1901
When was there a world wide depression?
1901
When did the Socialist Revolutionary Party form?
1901
When was the Commission on Agriculture established by Stolypin?
1902
When was most of the Trans-Siberian Railway completed?
1902
When did Rasputin arrive in Russia?
1903
When did the Social Democrats split?
1903
When did Father Gapon from the Assembly of Russian Workers Union?
1903
When was the Russo-Japanese war?
1904-05
When did Port Arthur fall to the Japanese?
1904
When was Bloody Sunday?
1905
When was Duke Alexandrovic assassinated (NII uncle)
1905
When were there big general strikes in Moscow?
October 1905
When were the October and November Manifestos?
1905
When were the Fundamental Laws introduced?
1906
When was Witte dismissed?
1906
When were military courts created?
1906
When were peasants given the right to leave the Mir?
1906
When did the first Duma begin and end?
May-July 1906
When did the second Duma begin and end?
February-June 1907
When did the third Duma begin?
June 1907
- dominated by nobles
When was Stolypin assassinated?
1911
