Russia in 1900
- Created by: Suzi
- Created on: 22-02-14 10:18
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- Geography
- About 2 and a half times the size of the USA today
- Sparsley populated
- Russia in 1900
- Society
- Church taught that it was their duty to be totally obedient to the Tsar
- Lower ranks of army largely filled by subscription (mainly peasants)
- Acitve Service - putting down national uprisings + disturbances
- Deeply ingrained prejudice about granting rights to the mass of people ("the dark masses")
- Thought they could only be held in check through severe repression
- Tsarist Rule
- Russian Empire governed by tsar,
- "Fundamental laws of the Empire"
- Tsar must have absoloute rule - no restrictions on power
- Economy
- Russian economic development slow
- Russia did not have effective banking system
- Witte believed modernisation could ony be achieved through state capitalism
- Negotiated large loans and investment from abroad
- High tax and high interest rates +limited import of foreign goods
- Hope = create financial stability + encourage international investment in Russia
- High tax and high interest rates +limited import of foreign goods
- Negotiated large loans and investment from abroad
- Society
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