Russian Reform and Revolution after Catherine II

LiberalThose who want some change, but want it legally

RadicalThose who want great change; and may suggest less than legal means to get it
ConservativeThose in power, who want to keep power
Domestic vs. Foreign mattersdomestic deals with laws and actions regarding their nation, and their citizen
whole foreign deals with the actions that the nation has with other nations
Autocratic"one who holds absolute power
Divine Right theoryThe right to rule derived directly from God, and notfrom the consent of the people
Russificationforced non-Russian people in the empire to use the Russian language, accept the
"orthodox & religion, and adopt Russian customs
Pan-SlavismThe union of all Slavic peoples under Russian leadership
Emancipation EdictPeasants were able to buy small tracts of land from the Government
Peoples willA violent action that Russian radicals did that caused them to split
off into a movement
Pogroms
A massacre of a minority group, ones that are against jews
Nihilists
Intelluctual thinkers who believed the only way to solve Russias
problems was to scrap the exsisting structure completely
Social democratic Labor Party
A socialist political party that started in 1898
Duma
Promised individual liberities an provided for the election of a
parliament.
Answer the following questions:
1. S u m m a r i z e i d e a s :
Explain how liberalism affected Russias domestic policy.

a.)1iberalism affected Russias domestic policy by Russification which also

stands for autocracy, "orthodoxy, and nationality It also affected Russias
domestic policy by pogroms which is a violent riot that was towards the jews.
b.)Describe two features of Russias foreign policy
The pan slavism and expansion of the empire south and east was
two features of the Russian foreign policy. The pan slavism was a
movement that was standing up for the political and cultural
union of slavic nations and people for the expansion on the south,
it was at the expense of Ottoman Empire and the East was
Manchuria(Russo Japanese War)
2.) Organizing Ideas:
a.) List the liberal reforms that Alexander II accomplished
in Russia
He issued the Amancipation Edict, which freed all serfs. He
allowed rural districts to elect zemstvos and Alexander II also
reformed the courts.
b.) What did he with regard to the Serfs?
He was able to free the serfs and that meant they could buy land
and pay taxes.
3. Analyzing ideas:
a.) Why did the revolution of 1905 fail to overflow the
monarchy?
There was three main reasons that consisted of the army
remained loyal and it wouldnt end the czars regime, the French
bound to Russia by military alliance, lent money to the
government, and the many revolutionary groups were divided in
their goals.
b.) How did Nicholas II respond to the revolution of 1905?
He faced crisis and the Russian autocracy had to yield which
nmade him reluctantly decided to yield.