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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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
1
, 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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