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20 Cards in this Set
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the Russian rulers with a name meaning "Ceasar" that ruled with absolute power in autocracy and society that was agricultural
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Czars
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government by 1 ruler with unlimited power
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autocracy
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peasant, agricultural workers who were freed by the emancipation edict
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serfs
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czar that had absolute power but was overthrown by the decembrist revolt
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Czar Alexander I
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group of russian army officers who had fought against napolean that saw the democratic reforms in europe and think the reforms can return in russia; overthrow czar by stopped by nicholas I
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Decembrists
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czar that put down the Decembrists revolt and led Russia during the Crimean war (rules 1825-1855)
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Nicholas I
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enacted social and economic reforms, freed the serfs and gave them the right to own land, and was assassinated in 1881 by peoples will
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Alexander II
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radical group that assassinated Czar Alexander II in 1881
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People's Will
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revolutionary that attempted to unite people in the empire with Russification, saying every must speak Russian and belong to eastern orthodox church
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Alexander III
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widespread violent attacks on Jews by mobs during the unrest, resulting in Jews being wrongly blamed and killed by anti-semitic rioters
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pogroms
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-transiberian railroad
-russo japanese war -rev. of 1905 -october manifesto |
Nicholas II
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railroad by Nicholas II
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Trans-Siberian Railroad
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war won by Japan against Russia over fishing rights and land
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Russo-Japanese War
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Russians including Menshevifs and Bolshevik who followed the communist theories of Karl Marx that wanted a socialist republic
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Marxists
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a society in which there would be no private property and the state would collectively own and distribute goods
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socialist republic
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leader of the bolsheviks that wants a group of men to overthrow the gov. using guns
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Vladimir Lenin
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orthodox priest that planned to bring a petition to the czar at winter palace, but were stopped by troops onBloody Sunday
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Father Gapon
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day when troops fired at Gapon and the protesters at winter palace, resulting in the Russia Rev. of 1905, when many sectors of society rose up against the czar
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Bloody Sunday
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1)czar promises constitution
2)voters can elect a Duma 3) czar promises not to pass any laws without Duma consent |
October Manifesto
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Russian assembly formed after the rev. of 1905 in charge of approving all laws
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Duma
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