IB History Revision
Category: Other
Updated: 4 Feb 2020
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Created byBennett Jones
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Emancipation EdictUniversity Protests in St PetersbergDumas EstablishedAssassination
AttemptZemstvo EstablishedLost Crimean WarAssassinatedFreed the serfs
Given land: They overpaid though and it wasn't enough. Had to pay redemption payments for 49 years.
Free to move
Free to marry
Mir gained control
Landlords lose Power
"Too little too late" - R. Pipes
"Cruel Joke" - GreenvilleHumiliating Defeat - Was a wakeup call that Russia had to develop
Humiliated - led to Alexander recognizes the need for industrialisation, fixing conscription etc.Causing reactionary changes in education and an increase in the influence of the church. Minor U-turn. Divine Right to Rule - Tsar is "Little Father" of RussiaConscription moved from 25 years to 16 years.Extreme forms of corporal punishment such as flogging ended. 1863Conscription extended to all classes - ending exemption of nobles. 15-year services with 7 being active. Uni grads only had to serve 6 months.University Statue - Gave Universities greater autonomy, allowing them to control staffing, resources, curriculum, allowed women to attend.Secondary and Primary Education Statute - Made it easier to open schools, removed control of the churchPeriods
Alexander II's RuleMilitary Reforms - Provision of modern rifles, iron-clad battleships and railways throughout
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