Timeline Of Key Dates Flashcards
When was serfdom abolished?
1861
When were state banks created?
What did this mean?
1860
People of Russia could invest in the future of its economy
Shows willingness to become a great nation
When was the first attempt on Alexander 2nd life?
1866
When was Alexander 2nd assassinated?
1881
When were the May laws issued?
What did they do?
1881 - 82
Targeted Jews
When was the October manifesto issued?
What did it promise?
1905
Political reform and civil rights
When were land captains established?
1889
When did Alexander 2nd become Tsar?
1855
WHat percentage of Russia was literate by 1897?
21%
When was the Russo Turkish war
The war with turkey was in 1877 - 1878
How much state revenue did Russia have in 1908 in comparison to 1914?
2 billion roubles in 1908
4 billion roubles in 1914
Russia’s state revenue doubled in 8 years
What was Russia’s annual production of coal in 1900, 1910 and 1913?
- 1 million tons in 1900
- 8 million tons in 1910
- 4 million tons in 1913
When was the Lena gold field massacre?
1912
When did the Soviets become popular?
How many members did they have?
What is a soviet?
Following the February 1917 revolution
3000 members
A soviet is a council
How many strikes per year was there between 1886 and 1894?
Were these strikes legal?
33 illegal strikes per year between 1886 and 1894
How many ex serf owners (nobles) started there own business in Moscow?
How many were employed in transport or industry?
By when was this?
By 1882
700 nobles started a business in Moscow
2, 500 were employed in transport or industry
When was Russia’s 3rd ‘revolution’?
October 1917
When was Von Reutern present?
1862 - 1878
When was Vyshnegradsky present?
1881 - 1891
Overall how much did grain exports increase under Vyshnegradsky?
18%
Who was the leader of the Mensheviks?
Julios Martov
When did the Bolshevik / Menshevik split happen?
November 16th 1903
What was the Treaty of Riga?
Granted independence to Poland
When was the Okhrana created?
1881
What was the NEP?
New Economic Policy
Allowed small private enterprises to conduct capitalist methods in business
What was the fundamental message of Lenin’s April Theses?
Peace, bread and land
Who led the black repartition?
Plekhanov
What was the Nomenklatura?
How were members appointed?
A category of people who held key administrative positions in areas such as government, industry, agriculture and education
Positions in the nomenklatura were granted only with approval from the communist party within the region
Who was Plekhanov?
Leader of the black repartition and Land and Liberty
From exile studied Marxism, this led to the creation of ‘emancipation of labour’ in 1883 - this merged with other socialist groups and formed the social democratic Labour Party in 1898.
In 1903 he became a Menshevik - he never approved of the Bolsheviks
Attracted by populist ideology
Early Russian Marxist
Who was Dimitri Milyutin?
How long did he hold his position?
Minister of war 1861 - 1881
Believed that not only was serfdom morally wrong, it held the economy back and weakened Russia’s status as a great power
What was the apparat?
The party administrative system
Who were the former people?
Dispossessed old elites who had no place in the new society
What was the Veshenka?
The council responsible for state industry 1917 - 1932
What is nationalisation?
Taking businesses out of private management and placing them under state control
