Was The Tsar State Secure

Question 1

Context 1

Answer 1

Hard country to rule as its size meant there were lots of religions, cultures, heritages and politics a ruler must be aware of

Question 2

Context 2

Answer 2

By the mid 19th century Russia had begun to modernise, Alexander II freed the serfs in 1861

Question 3

Factor 1 evidence

Answer 3

Alexander had good control over Russia as there was censorship, no free press and the 1881 statue of tsar state gave him more power. This made it harder to go against him as anti Tsar views were not spread

Question 4

Factor 1 second evidence

Answer 4

Nicholas helped to industrialise Russia, in the 1890s through the development of railroads connecting iron and coal mines with factories
Meant he was liked and therefore secure since people had no real reason to revolt against him

Question 5

Factor 1 counter argument

Answer 5

Nicholas was not unstressed in politics and generallly a weak ruler, making him hated and succesptable making revolts both more likely and easier to revolt

Question 6

Factor 2 evidence 1

Answer 6

Effective at stopping uprisings between 1883 and 1903 used 1500 times for unrest. Deterrent

Question 7

Factor 2 evidence 2

Answer 7

2.6 million men in it. Very imposing and therefore hard to revolt against for small groups

Question 8

Factor 2 ca

Answer 8

Soldiers were treated poorly often flogged and had low wages meaning they wouldn’t have much loyalty to the tsar state

Question 9

The Okrana evidence 1

Answer 9

300000 exiles to Siberia and 10688 serving hard labour in 1898. Deterred people from uprising and temporarily got rid of opposition

Question 10

Okrana evidence 2

Answer 10

Relatively small size, 2500 members at any one time. This meant they were given the best equipment and training and therefore better at keeping the tsar secure

Question 11

Okrana ca

Answer 11

Sending people to other countries wasn’t necessarily effective, for example Lennon was moved to London and Paris multiple times and was able to continue spreading propaganda and pamphlets

Question 12

Orthodox Church evidence 1

Answer 12

Head of the church was the tsar and a comittee of holy. Tsar had complete control over what the church could and couldn’t say and could therefore influence the public through the church

Question 13

Orthodox Church evidence 2

Answer 13

Had 4000 parish schools were children were taught loyalty to the tsar. More people grew up with these ideas and would therefore have loyalty to the tsar

Question 14

Orthodox Church ca

Answer 14

The church didn’t have much of an issue in urbanised Russia

Question 15

Opposition evidence 1

Answer 15

There was no free press in Russia. Anti tsar ideas could not be spread in Russia and less people would want a rebellion or even know of one

Question 16

Opposition evidence 2

Answer 16

Opposition of any form was illegal. No legitimate way to go against the tsar would have to rebel which wouldn’t have been popular at the time

Question 17

Opposition ca

Answer 17

Still was opposition like the bolsivics so the tsar wasn’t completely secure