Notes on Tsar Alexander II

ALEXANDER II


Table of Contents
Alexander II Quiz......................................................................................................................................2
06.01.2023.............................................................................................................................................................2
Reforms....................................................................................................................................................3
12.02.2023.............................................................................................................................................................3
Reasons for Emancipation........................................................................................................................6
12.02.2023.............................................................................................................................................................6
Strengths & weaknesses of ALexander II...................................................................................................7
12.02.2023.............................................................................................................................................................7
The Success of Alexander II as a Tsar........................................................................................................8
08.01.2023.............................................................................................................................................................8
[30] on the success of Alexander II’s reforms.............................................................................................9
12.02.2023.............................................................................................................................................................9




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, ALEXANDER II

ALEXANDER II QUIZ
06.01.2023

QUESTION ANSWER

1. WHICH CRIMEAN PORT FELL TO FRENCH, BRITISH,  Sebastopol
& TURKISH FORCES IN 1855?

2. WHICH SEA WAS DECLARED NEUTRAL @ THE  Black Sea
TREATY OF PARIS, PREVENTING RUSSIA FROM  The allies were able to enforce this b/c they had captured
MAINTAINING A NAVAL PRESENCE THERE? Sebastopol.

3. WHAT WERE OBROK & BARSHCHINA?  Obrok – serfs who paid their dues in cash. They were free-er
than the barshchina b/c they would earn money in ways other
than farming and working the land. They were more common in
areas where the land was infertile.
 Barshchina – serfs who paid their dues in the form of labour
service on their Lord’s land. The more common type.

4. What did N. Miliutin, the Grand Duke Constantine,  All members of the editing commission (ppl who worked out the
& General Rostovstsev have in common? written details of the emancipation).

5. What are the payments made by former serfs for  Redemption payments
the purchase of their land called?

6. In what form did nobles receive their  Bonds (promise of future payment)
compensation for the loss of their serfs?

7. What 2-word epithet is Tsar Alexander II known  Tsar Liberator
as, in recognition of his emancipation of the serfs?

8. What name is given to the elected bodies at  Zemstva
district & provincial level created after 1864?

9. HOW DID THE TERMS OF SERVICE CHANGE FOR  The length of service was reduced from 25yrs to 6yrs
CONSCRIPTS TO THE RUSSIAN ARMY AFTER 1874? o This allowed for a reserve to be created so Russia could
have a large army during war @ little cost w/o having a
war-sized army during peace.
 Corporal punishment was abolished

10. Following what event was the liberal education  A student attempted to assassinate A2 in 1866, leading to a
minister, Golovnin, replaced by the reactionary turning point in A2’s attitude to reform.
Count Tolstoy?

11. WHERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT REBELLION  Polish Uprising
SUPPRESSED IN 1863 & FOLLOWED BY AN
INTENSIVE PERIOD OF RUSSIFICATION.

12. Which power did Russia defeat in 1877-8, only for  The Ottoman Empire / Turkey
most of its gains @ the Treaty of San Stefano to
be overturned by other European powers at the
congress of Berlin?.




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