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Russia and Japan: Industrialization Outside the West
Tsar Alexander I |
Sponsored Holy Alliance (combine Russia, Prussia, Austria)
Defended religion and established order |
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Russia and Japan: Industrialization Outside the West
Tsar Nicholas I |
Adamant conservatism
Repressed political opponents Supervised schools and newspapers |
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Russia and Japan: Industrialization Outside the West
Napoleon |
Invaded Russia in 1812
Russians worked to prevent his pressures |
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Russia and Japan: Industrialization Outside the West
Tsar Alexander II |
Reform based on Western examples
Abolished serfdom New laws cut back on traditional punishment Local political councils created Reformed the Army Assassinated 1881 after pulling back on reform |
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Russia and Japan: Industrialization Outside the West
Count Witte |
Russian Minister of Finance from 1892-1903
Economic modernizer High tariffs Better banking Encouraged Western investors to build factories |
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Russia and Japan: Industrialization Outside the West
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) |
Active Marxist leader
Made Marxist theory more appropriate for Russia Claimed Russia could have a proletariat revolution without a middle class phase Disciplined revolutionary cells to maintain purity Ideal for Russian conditions Animated Bolsheviks group |
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Russia and Japan: Industrialization Outside the West
Stolypin |
Introduced reforms to calm peasantry after Revolution of 1905
Russian Minister Reduced redemption payments Create market-oriented peasantry |
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Russia and Japan: Industrialization Outside the West
Tsar Nicholas II |
Weak and badly advised
Couldn't give up autocratic rule Made duma (parliament) hollow Police repression resumed |
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Russia and Japan: Industrialization Outside the West
Tolstoy and Dostoevsky |
Russian writers
Tried to portray a special Russian spirit Russian novels entered a "period of brilliance" |
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Russia and Japan: Industrialization Outside the West
Ivan Pavlov |
Russian physiologist
Experimented on conditioned reflexes Explained unconcious responses in humans |
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Russia and Japan: Industrialization Outside the West
Matthew Perry |
American commodore
Arrived in 1853 with a squadron in Japan Threats of bombardment to insist that Americans be allowed to trade Westerners living in Japan wouldn't be governed by Japanese law |
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Russia and Japan: Industrialization Outside the West
Mutsuhito (Meiji) |
Japanese Emperor
samurai leaders put down troops of shogunate under him Part of reform group Abolished feudalism Established nationally appointed prefects Centralized government Abolished Samurai class |
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Russia and Japan: Industrialization Outside the West
Iwasoki Yataro |
Former samurai
Built career buying weapons for a feudal lord Set up Mitsubishi company after 1868 Won government contracts for railroad and steamship lines to compete with British companies in the region |
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Russia and Japan: Industrialization Outside the West
Shuibuzawa Elichi |
Born a peasant
Became a merchant and then an official of the Finance Ministry in Japan Turned to banking in 1873 Set up cotton mills and textile operations |
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Russia and Japan: Industrialization Outside the West
Diet |
New Japanese parliament
Recieved limited powers in the Meiji Reforms Modeled after Germany Western Clothing Pass laws upon agreement of both houses Approve budgets Advise but not control government |
