Tsarist Russia 1855-1917: Overview
- Created by: zoe3027
- Created on: 25-01-14 15:14
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Russia in 1855
- Largest empire - 1/6 of the world
- Royal Family are the Romanovs - incalcuable wealth
- Variety of cultures and ethnic groups - difficult to unite and communicate to as a whole
- Largely agricultural (Agrarian) - poverty & destitution - farms owned by landowners
- Very few urban workers - lack of middle class
- Lack of social mobility (classes were FIXED)
- Small, rich elite had little understanding of the nature/widespread of poverty
- Strict militarian regime
- Inequality
- 1903 Trans Siberian railway - major success but still behind West
Alexander II 1855-1881
- Tsar Liberator - interested in reform
- Succeeded his father suddenly and at a relatively young age (36)
- Inherited Russia on the back of the defeat of the Crimean War (1853-1856) which put Russia in a bad light and highlighted the backwardness of the once leading military force in Europe. During the Crimean War…
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