Russia under Nicholas II
- Created by: emilia_huston
- Created on: 30-04-15 16:29
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- Character of Russia Nicholas II inherited
- 8 million sq/m
- Romanov Dynasty since 1613
- Imperial Council
- Cabinetof Ministers
- The Senate
- Okhrana repressive group
- Politically backwards
- Denial of free speech, worship led to political activists
- Slow economic development
- 80% of the population were illiterate/uneducatedpeasants
- Peasants called the 'dark masses'
- Cost of maintaining army was 45% of govt expenditure
- The bureaucracy was corrupt
- Russia under Nicholas II new policies
- Russification
- Restricted influence on non-russians; fierce persecution of pogroms
- Reactionary tsar
- Fundamental Laws
- Tsar holds absolute autocratic power
- Sergei Wittes Economic reforms
- 1890's industry grew called 'the great spurt'
- Increase in the output of coal + oil +the private enterprise
- Economic Expansion
- State Capitalism
- Railway expansion (trans-siberain)
- 1890's industry grew called 'the great spurt'
- Russification
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