Russian Reform and Revolution after Catherine II

Liberal-Those who want some change, but want it legally

Radical-Those who want great change; and may suggest less than legal
means to get it
Conservative-Those in power, who want to keep power
Domestic vs. Foreign matters- omestic deals with laws and actions
regarding their nation, and their citi!en whole foreign deals with the actions
that the nation has with other nations
Autocratic- "ne who holds absolute power
Divine Right theory- The right to rule derived directly from #od, and not
from the consent of the people
Russification- $orced non%Russian peoples in the empire to use the Russian
language, accept the "rthodo& religion, and adopt Russian customs
Pan-Slavism- The union of all 'lavic peoples under Russian leadership
Emanciation Edict- (easants were able to buy small tracts of land from
the government )serfs were able to do this*
Peole!s "ill- + violent action that Russian radicals did that caused them to
split off into a movement
Pogroms- + massacre of a minority group, ones that are against ,ews
#ihilists- Intellectual thinkers who believed the only way to solve
Russia-s problems was to scrap the e&isting structure completely
Social Democratic Labor Party- + socialist political party that started in
./0/
Duma- (romised individual liberties and provided for the election of a
parliament
Ans$er the follo$ing %uestions&
'. Summari(e )deas&
a. E*lain ho$ liberalism affected Russia!s domestic olicy.
1iberalism affected Russia-s domestic policy by Russification
which also stands for +utocracy, "rthodo&y, and 2ationality3
It also affected Russia-s domestic policy by (ogroms which is a
violent riot that was towards the ,ews3
b. Describe t$o features of Russia!s foreign olicy.
The (lan 'lavism and e&pansion of the empire )south and east*
was two features of the Russian foreign policy3 The (an 'lavism
was a movement that was standing up for the political and cultural
union of 'lavic nations and peoples3 $or the e&pansion on the
south, it was at the e&pense of "ttoman 4mpire and the 4ast was
5anchuria )Russo%,apanese 6ar*3
+. ,rgani(ing )deas&
a. List the liberal reforms that Ale*ander )) accomlished in
Russia
7e issued the 4mancipation 4dict, which freed all serfs3 7e
allowed rural districts to elect zemstvos and +le&ander II also
reformed the courts3
b. "hat did he do $ith regard to the serfs-
7e was able to free the serfs and that meant they could buy land
and pay ta&es3
.. Analy(ing )deas&
a. "hy did the Revolution of '/01 fail to overflo$ the
monarchy-
There was three main reasons that consisted of the army remained
loyal and it wouldn-t end the c!ar-s regime, the $rench bound to
Russia by military alliance, lent money to the government, and the
many revolutionary groups were divided in their goals3
b. 2o$ did #icholas )) resond to the Revolution of '/01-
7e faced crisis and the Russian autocracy had to yield which made
him reluctantly decided to yield3