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11 Cards in this Set
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Alexander I
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1801-1825
Initially rather enlightened, became more reactionary Holy Alliance, defeat Napoleon |
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Nicholas I
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Decembrist Uprising
support by conservatives Foundation of the state: autocracy, orthodoxy, nationality Secret police: third sectionpogroms Crimean War |
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pogrom
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state sponsored terrorism of jews
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Slavophiles
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culture of the mir superior
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mir
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small town: communal land
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Alexander II
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accepted Four Points
recognized problems tried to industrialize after crimean war more liberal |
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Zemstoves
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established in 1864 by Alexander II's decree
assemblies that administer local areas |
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Mikhail Bakunin
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believed the state should be destroyed and rebuilt from scratch
nihilism: embraced by some intellectuals who believed in nothing but sceince and that social order should be completely wiped out and rebuilt |
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Alexander III
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reactionary and embraced autocracy orthodoxy and nationalism
judicial power shifted to poolice and military zemstovs influence reduced anti semitism |
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zionism
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Theodore herzel
reaction to reactionary Alexander III creation of Jewish homeland in Holy Land to remedy persecution of Jews in eastern and central Europe |
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Nicholas II
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Russo-Japanese War
Treaty of Portsmouth Russia focused on Balkans region last of the romanovs |
