Russia 1855-1964 quiz

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    • When did Alexander II become Tsar?
      1855
    • What was Alexander II also known as?
      The Tsar Liberator.
    • When was the Emancipation Edict enacted?

      1861
    • How long did redemption payments last?
      49 years
    • What was the interest rate on redemption payments?
      6%
    • What controlled the peasant's lives and movement?
      The Mir
    • When was the January Uprising?
      1863
    • Who was involved in the January Uprising?
      Poland, Lithuania.
    • How many were executed following the January Uprising?
      396
    • How many were exiled to Siberia following the January Uprising?
      18,672
    • When were Alexander II's educational and judiciary reforms introduced?
      1864
    • When were the Zemstva introduced?
      1864
    • When did AII enact censorship reform?
      1865
    • When was the 1st assassination attempt on Alexander II?
      1866
    • When was the 2nd assassination attempt on Alexander II?
      1874
    • How many were involved in the Narodnik Movement?
      2000 - 3000
    • When was the Narodnik movement?
      1873 to 1874
    • What was the Narodnik movement of intellectuals going to the countryside called?
      'Going to the People'.
    • Who was the main person behind the 'Going to the People' movement?
      Lavrov
    • Which opposition group formed out of the 'Going to the People' movement in 1876?
      Land and Liberty.
    • What did the 1876 Ems Decree ban?
      Use of Ukrainian language.
    • Who started the 'Land and Liberty' populist movement, which was crushed by the government, in 1876?
      Bakunin, Lavrov, Chernyshevsky.
    • When was the Russo-Turkish War?

      1877-1878
    • Who was the General of the Interior under AII that released hundreds of political prisoners?
      General Melikov
    • When was Alexander II assassinated?
      1881
    • Which group assassinated Alexander II?
      The People's Will
    • When was the People's Will formed?
      1879
    • Who was the reactionary advisor to Alexander III?
      Pobedonostsev
    • Which principles formed the basis of Tsarist rule?
      Autocracy, Orthodoxy, Russification.
    • When was the Peasant Land Bank introduced?
      1882
    • When was the Poll Tax abolished?
      1886
    • Who was the Minister of Finance under Alexander III?
      Bunge
    • Under which ruler were redemption payments ended?
      AIII
    • What year did Bunge resign after being accused of being too incompetent and liberal?
      1886
    • When were laws to protect children in industry and restrict women and children from working night shifts enacted?
      1884 and 1885
    • When was the assassination attempt on Alexander III

      1887
    • When were Land Captains introduced?
      1889
    • When did the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway begin?
      1891
    • What forcefull tactics did Alexander III and Nicholas II employ against the Jews?
      The use of Pogroms
    • How many died in the 1891-92 famine?
      400,000
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