Timeline of Alexander II's Reign

Question 1

became Tsar in the midst of the Crimean War, which had been going on for roughly a year by this point

Answer 1

1855

Question 2

Crimean War - Russian forces retreat and are forced to accept the defeat of the war

Answer 2

1855

Question 3

Peace of Paris outlined future relations for Russia with restrictions on movement in the Black Sea

Answer 3

1856

Question 4

length of service time in the army reduced

Answer 4

1859

Question 5

suggestion of independent system of government, leading to the exiling of nobles

Answer 5

1859

Question 6

gained Amur region, and later the town of Vladivostok

Answer 6

1860

Question 7

new minister of education appointed, Golovin, who began the expansion of schools

Answer 7

1861

Question 8

Emancipation of Serfdom

Answer 8

1861

Question 8

Reuten appointed as finance minister, who published and set a Public Budget

Answer 8

1862

Question 9

new schools placed under Jurisdiction of education

Answer 9

1862

Question 10

regional military command established

Answer 10

1862

Question 11

extreme forms of punishment in the military ended, with a revision to the Military Code

Answer 11

1863

Question 12

universities given greater liberal autonomy

Answer 12

1863

Question 12

student protests rose with the publication of ‘Young Russia’, arguing that reform was essential and that revolution was a neccessary medium for change

Answer 12

1863

Question 13

censorship tightened with Valveuv appointed as new minister

Answer 13

1863

Question 14

village officials now appointed by the state

Answer 14

1863

Question 15

Finland parliament established, giving greater political autonomy with Russian Empire

Answer 15

1863

Question 15

Polish revolt and uprising of anger surrounding lack of extension of liberal reforms to the nation

Answer 15

1863

Question 16

issued decree surrounding cultural identity for Ukranians

Answer 16

1863

Question 17

Zemstva established

Answer 17

1864

Question 18

new judical reform introduced

Answer 18

1864

Question 19

six further regional commands established

Answer 19

1864

Question 20

press laws gave press greater freedom

Answer 20

1865

Question 21

policy on Jewish Artisans introduced

Answer 21

1865

Question 22

constitution for Finland established

Answer 22

1865

Question 23

attempt at assassination of Alexander by Dmitrii Karakozov in St Petersburg

Answer 23

1866

Question 24

university regulations tightened with the replacing of Tolstoy as education minister

Answer 24

1866

Question 25

attempt at assassination by Berezowski

Answer 25

1867

Question 26

Russia sold Alaska to US due to it being too costly to maintain

Answer 26

1867

Question 27

Municipal Statute set up, similar to the system of the Mir in towns (Duma)

Answer 27

1870

Question 28

relations between France and Russia strengthened after French defeat in Franco-Prussian War

Answer 28

1871

Question 29

first woman admitted into Moscow University

Answer 29

1872

Question 30

Manifesto and Statute on university military service published

Answer 30

1874

Question 31

Manifesto became law (conscription extended to all classes; length of military service time reduced)

Answer 31

1875

Question 32

five universities set up degree courses for women

Answer 32

1876

Question 33

war broke out between Russia and Turkey

Answer 33

1877

Question 34

Russo-Turkish war ended with Russian victory

Answer 34

1878

Question 35

failed assassination attempt by Alexander Soloviev

Answer 35

1879

Question 36

failed assassination attempt by placing bomb in palace dining room by the People’s Will’s Stephan Khalturin

Answer 36

1880

Question 37

Alexander’s wife and Tsaress of Russia died, leading to Alexander marrying his mistress, Catherine Dolgorukova

Answer 37

1880

Question 38

Alexander assassinated by the People’s Will in St Petersburg, after two prior failed assassination attempts on the same day

Answer 38

1881