TIME LINE 1855-1881 Alexander II established the zemstvos: a form of local self government First Russian westernization attempt 1861- Emancipation of Serf: was incomplete serfs were left to pay for their land… redemption payments Mir: village community 1863-1864 reforms of law‚ education and local government 1881 Alexander II assassinated 1881-1894 Alexander III instituted an era of repression and reaction denounced democracy‚ free press blood revolution police force
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Assess the importance of the Crimean war (1854 – 1856) for Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century. The Crimean war of 1854-1856 that broke out between Russia that was fighting on its own soil against Turkey that had the support from the allied nations Britain and France and then the support from Sardinia had showed its importance to Europe and had showed how Russian government and army were weak. This is what I will write about in my essay. Before the broke out of the Crimean‚ France
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In what ways did the Russo-Japanese war precipitate revolution in 1905? One of the main triggers of the revolution in 1905 was not the fact that Russia was at war with Japan in 1905‚ but the fact that Russia lost the war to what was a smaller‚ and supposedly a more inferior country. The idea of going to war was for Russia to take over Japan’s ports‚ so therefore Russia could develop its navy‚ and also that Russian authorities rejected Japanese proposals for the settlement of the Korean question
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It could be said that Tsar Nicholas II never wanted to take on the responsibilities of being the Tsar as he was never prepared to be Tsar in the first place so may not have had the incentive to make the necessary change. Alexander II’s emancipation of the serfs in 1861 turned them into free peasants‚ meaning they could not be bought and sold. This would have seemed a change for the good of the people and a great move towards modernisation but the debt they fell into because of the required money
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Tsar Alexander I rose to power in 1801 with a motivation to end serfdom and drive political reform. Unfortunately‚ the young Tsar was not able to commit to his priorities. Although there was the implementation of laws which prohibited the sale of serfs in open markets‚ in reality; “a few bills were passed
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Laura Williams. How accurate is it to say that the growth of reformist groups in the years from 1881 was the main cause for the 1905 revolution? It is to a certain extent accurate to say that the growth of the reformist groups in the years 1881 was the main cause for the 1905 revolution‚ however it is not completely accurate. Many factors caused the 1905 revolution. The reformist groups did contribute to the outbreak of the 1905 revolution but other factors such as the distraught anger of
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parts where. When Alexander III took the position of Tsar from his father in 1881; his father Alexander II had started to reform the country of Russia both politically and socially through policies such as the Zemstva Reform in 1864 and the emancipation of the serfs in 1861 but this during Alexander III’s reign this all began to change‚ which is why his reign is famously known as “The reaction”. When Alexander first became Tsar in 1881 he announced that he wanted autocracy to be upheld and that any
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of which his father (Alexander II) had begun before his death. Alexander III returned conservatism in Russia and despite Russia’s attempts of becoming a modern European state by the 1870s Many amongst the educated classes felt that the emancipation of the serfs and political and judicial reform would be the beginning of a major change in Russia. The reforms also included the creation of an elective local government in 1864 and trial by jury in 1870. However the failures of moderate reform in Russia
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Serfs are acknowledged a place to live and work. (STEWE-1)All serfs or peasants live on a manor; the serfs get protection and a place to work in return for a little bit of money and respect to their lord (King 28). This exemplifies that all serfs and peasants are placed in a manor. (STEWE-2)Everything serfs need is to be on the manor‚ like their home and where they work; the serfs get food and a place to live and a job in the manor but are
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few similarities‚ the differences were more significant between the Russian serfs and the Caribbean slaves in the years 1450 to 1750. Both Caribbean slavery and Russian serfdom were similar in the sense that they were both purchased and sold by slave traders. These systems were not anything like indentured servants. Indentured servants worked under a contract by their own will. The Caribbean slaves and the Russian serfs were bought and sold against their own free will. Unfree labor systems were designed
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