THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE UNDER PRESSURE

1. Despite the change impacting the common people in Russia, there was a great
swelling of discontentment, why? (reference The Russian Empire Under
Pressure)

2. Explain the cultural demographics in Russia at the time (reference Military Defeat
and Social Reform)

3. What was a ​serf​? (reference Military Defeat and Social Reform)

4. What was the ​Crimean War​? Why did it start? Who was involved? Why did
Russia lose? (reference The Crimean War)

5. How and why were serfs emancipated? (reference Emancipation of the Serfs)

6. What were the new obstacles for the freed serfs? (reference Emancipation of
Serfs)

7. How did Russian industrialization differ from western European industrialization?

(reference Industrialization)
8. What was the goal of ​Count Sergei Witte ​and how did he go about
accomplishing it? (reference The Witte System)

9. What was the downside of the Witte System? (reference Industrial Discontent)

10. What groups tended to protest movements and what were they looking for?
(reference Protest)

11. What brought about the end of the Russian reforming era? (reference Terrorism)

12. How did Nicholas II prove to be a weak ruler? (reference Terrorism)

13. What was the ​Revolution of 1905​ and what came out of it? (reference The
Revolution of 1905)