history russia - key dates / facts

nicholas I

1825-1855

alexander II

1855-1881

nicholas II

1894-1917

imperial council

nobles who advise tsar 35-60

cabinet of ministers

in charge of different government departments

8-14

senate

oversees all workings of governments

largely redundant by 1855 (nicholas I)

russian army

• largest in europe

• 45% of government anual spending

• conscripts from villages(15) have to serve 25 years

crimean war date

1853-56 between turks and allies vs russia

crimean war key events timeline

1. june 1853 - nicholas sent russia to moldovia and wallachia - turks declare war in october

2. sinope bay - russians sink turkish fleet, british/ french want to protect trade -send joint force of 60,000

3. battle of alma (20 sep 1854) - allies drive Russians out of position north of sevastapol, russia fortifies city

4. battle of balaclava (24 october 1854)- ended with colb-successul only 118/620 killed

5. battle of inkerman (5 november 1855) -

   russia losing

6. 1855- russia lose and evacuate

7. 1856- russia accepted on Austro-french peace initiative

impacts of crimean war

• death toll increased by cholera

• poor communication/technology

• trade disrupted

• peasant uprisings escalated