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25 Cards in this Set
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During WWI
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Nicholas II goes out front, wife in charge and influenced by Rasputin
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Alexander I defeated Napoleon how
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scorched earth policy
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Battle of Tanneburg meant that
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Russia's army was effectively destroyed
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Alexander I dies in 1825, who takes over? Result is
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Decembrists Revolution
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Decembrists Revolution based on
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Enlightenment Ideas
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"Constantine and Constitution" meant
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we want Constantine to take the throne, and we want a constitution. Unfortunately, the serfs thought that Constitution was the wife of Constantine
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Nicholas I crushed the revolt, and then
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ruled as an autocrat...in his 30 years, 500 peasant uprisings were crushed
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Nicholas I was known for
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censorship, limited education, the secret police
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Nicholas I's foreign policy, and goals for russia in the 19th century were
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a. expand forward Balkans and toward Central Asia, b. Pan Slavism
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Crimean War vs. France/GB results in
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recognition that Russia is behind
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Florence Nightingale
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first nurse, British
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Alexander II known as
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the British reform Czar
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Alexander II is known for
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freeing the serfs in 1861, public trials, serf-freeing leads to the Mir (communal farm) (not successful), Zemstovs (local council), education expansion
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A result of these reforms are
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educated philosophers want more, Nihilism (tear everything down and then rebuild), Narodniki (educates peasants, encourages revolt) (means "for the people"), Alexander II killed
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Alexander III takes over (ABSOLUTE), is known for
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rejecting reforms as useless - look at the last czar, reducing the power of the Zemstovs, encouraging pogroms - riots against the Jews, and Russification (make everyone in Russia Russian)
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Nicholas II (didn't want to be czar), know for
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1905 Revolution, led by George Gapon who wanted to personally hand petition to czar, 200k unarmed workers
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The goals of those workers
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constitutional assembly, universal suffrage and education, minimum wage, 8 hours of work a day
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Bloody Sunday
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the day that palace guards fire into the crowd
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Bloody Sunday leads to
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massive strikes
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All this leads to
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creation of Duma (Russian Parliament, almost powerless)
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Revolution Fails because
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1. Most of army loyal, 2. French lent money (1893), 3. Revolutionaries divided in goals
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Impact of Revolution
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workers continue to be unhappy
rise of social democrats - A. Bolsheviks - let's revolt and then convince everyone how awesome we are (Lenin) B. Menheviks - let's wait until everyone sees how awesome we are and then they'll revolt with us (Pickhanov) Soviets - council of workers across Russia, led by Trotsky |
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Land reforms in 1905, good crops in 1906-11, good leadership (Stolypin, hold's country together, gets assassinated), so the result is
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things stabilize and WWI breaks out
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During WWI
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Nicholas II goes out front, wife in charge and influenced by Rasputin
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Battle of Tanneburg meant that
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Russia's army was effectively destroyed
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