Level 1
The Revolution of 1905: Who resisted reform and change?
Czar Nicholas I
Who was Nicholas I's son?
Alexander II
When did Alexander II, undertake the task of saving the autocracy.
in 1855
Who did they emancipate?
the peasants
What was the name of the new representative local government?
Zemstvos
Alexander II eased the restrictions on ..?
the press
Who reorganized the Russian Army?
Alexander II
Landowners lost what 2 things?
land and power
Reformers pushed for what?
Greater changes
Alexander II modernized the...?
judicial system
What did the conservatives fear?
weakening of the autocracy
When was Alexander II assassinated?
in 1881
The revolutionist assassinated who's son?
Czar Nicholas I
define russification
intolerance and persecution of non-Russian peoples, especially the Jews
powers were extended to the....
secret police
who rose to the throne after Alexander III
his son Nicholas II
define marxism
the working class, not the peasants would lead the revolution
who believed that Russia needed to develop into an industrial state?
mensheviks
Who believed that a small party of professional revolutionaries could use force to bring about a socialist society in the near future.
Bolsheviks
in 1904 who defeated Russia?
Japan
what did the war do to Russia's economy/
it raised food prices, but not wages.
what occurred on January 22, 1905?
Bloody Sunday
define soviet
workers' council
Duma was to help appease to who?
strikers
Russia became a ...
constitutional monarchy