Russian Class key terms

Romanov Dynasty

The last imperial dynasty to rule Russia, reigning from 1613 until the 1917 revolution.

"Orthodoxy, Autocracy, Nationality"

It asserted that the Russian state was built upon three pillars: the Russian Orthodox Church, the absolute power of the Tsar, and the cultural unity of the Russian people.

Soslovie

Every subject of the Russian Empire had an official, legal place in society marked by his or her social estate.

Serfdom

A system of agricultural servitude where peasants were legally bound to a lord’s land, providing labor and rent in exchange for protection and a place to live.

Emancipation of the serfs

The emancipation reform of 1861 in Russia, also known as the Edict of Emancipation of Russia, was the first and most important of the liberal reforms enacted during the reign of Emperor Alexander II of Russia. The reform effectively abolished serfdom throughout the Russian Empire.

Great Reforms

Alexander II's Great Reforms were sweeping. They freed over 22 million serfs, overhauled the judicial, university, and municipal systems, and loosened censorship, among others

Alexander II

Tsar Alexander II (reigned 1855–1881) is best known as "Alexander the Liberator" for abolishing Russian serfdom in 1861. He implemented major reforms to modernize Russia, including judicial, military, and local government (zemstvo) systems, while also selling Alaska to the U.S. in 1867. His reign ended with his assassination by revolutionaries.

Russian Social Democratic Labor Party

The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP), also known as the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party (RSDWP) or the Russian Social Democratic Party (RSDP), was a socialist political party founded in 1898 in Minsk, Russian Empire.

Vladimir Lenin

Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He was the first head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 until his death in 1924 and of the Soviet Union from 1922 until his death.

Nicholas II

He was the last monarch of Russia before the Russian Revolution, and oversaw the Russian Empire's participation in World War I.

Khodynka Tragedy

Was a crowd crush that occurred on 30 May [O.S. 18 May] 1896, on Khodynka Field in Moscow, Russia. The crush happened during the festivities after the coronation of the last Emperor of Russia, Nicholas II.

Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)

The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire.

Bloody Sunday

Bloody Sunday, also known as Red Sunday, was the series of events on Sunday, 22 January [O.S. 9 January] 1905 in St Petersburg, Russia, when demonstrators, led by Father Georgy Gapon, were fired upon by soldiers of the Imperial Guard as they marched towards the Winter Palace to present a petition to Tsar Nicholas II.