Alexander II

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"The best prepared heir the Russian throne had ever had"
Kochan
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"His deep concern for his people, nurtured by his study of of history as a child, only strengethened his belief in his own autocratic power"
Oxley
2 of 14
Sherman: Acted as a force of change [and] the structure of the Russian state was found wanting"
Crimean war
3 of 14
The group that believed that Russian people did not want politics as in the Western world, but the sate had encoroached upon the people and the old balance should be restored
Slavophilies
4 of 14
The group that believed in introducing Western values eg Decemberist uprising 1825
Westernizers
5 of 14
Local government established 1864
Zemstva
6 of 14
Town and cities (established 1870)
Duma
7 of 14
Going to the people (Russian name)
Narodniks
8 of 14
Assasinated the Tsar (Russian name)
Narodnayavolya
9 of 14
Granted own Archbishop and medical school
Warsaw
10 of 14
Granted own currency and parliment
Finland
11 of 14
Heavy burden on peasants / gentry exempt
PollTax
12 of 14
Basis for opposition in the 1860s
students
13 of 14
1866 attempted assasin
DmitriKarakozov
14 of 14

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Card 2

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"His deep concern for his people, nurtured by his study of of history as a child, only strengethened his belief in his own autocratic power"

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Oxley

Card 3

Front

Sherman: Acted as a force of change [and] the structure of the Russian state was found wanting"

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

The group that believed that Russian people did not want politics as in the Western world, but the sate had encoroached upon the people and the old balance should be restored

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

The group that believed in introducing Western values eg Decemberist uprising 1825

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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