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who was the tsar when did he become the emperor
Nicholas II -1894
what were the russification policies
restrictions of non-russian national minorities interfering with their education, religion and culture
what happened to the jews
they were put into ghettos and became scapgoats for mosts of russias problems
how many russification policies were there
600
what were the black hundreds
ground known for attacking jews
what was a pogrom
organized massacres of Jews in the Russian empire
when were political parties legalised
1905
what happened to illegal politcial parties before 1905
they were infitrated by the okhrana resulting in harassments,arrests and imprisonments.
What were the Okhrana?
secret police- unlimited power regarding anti-tzarist behaviour
what did the westerners believe
wanted to follow the features of the evolving politics in europe
What did Slavophiles believe?
Slavophil's belief Russia had a unique culture and heritage centred on the orthodox church, which should be preserved 'holy russia'
who tried to mordernise russia
sergei witte
What did Sergei Witte do?
drafted the october manifesto , negotiated peace with japan and past many reforms that led to the great spurts of the 1890s
What is the October Manifesto?
Tsar Nicholas II issued the October Manifesto in 1905 in an attempt to meet the demands of the revolutionaries. marked the end of unlimited autocracy in Russia and ushered in an era of constitutional monarchy.
how did the peasants live
lived on the land using inefficient backwards agricultural methods e.g. wooden ploughs expanding population meant not enough land to go around. poor and illierate working on the nobles land
what was life like for the workers
cramped diseased shared housing in petrograd and moscow many factories worked 24hrs day
who was the tsar to the church
gods choosen representative on earth, peasants held him in high regard and start of century calling him 'little father'. the orthdox church supported nicholas
who were the middle class
bankers, merchants and rich capitalists, bussinessmen who had links to the government access to resturants and theatres
what other nationalites lived in the russian empire
ukranians, polish and latvians
why was there bad cummication
few paved roads ,took 12yrs to build the trans-siberian railroad.
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