Tsarist and Communist Russia

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The Russian Autocracy in 1855
Who ruled the russian autocratic ...,
What role did the orthodox church...,
Who were the civil servants
10  cards
Alexander II - Reforms
What were alexander iis motives f...,
When was the emancipation edict a...,
Advantages of the emancipation edict
19  cards
Alexander II - Reactionary
Why did alexander go back on refo...,
What effect did radicals have,
What changed to the education reform
6  cards
Alexander III - Reactionary
What happened did to the loris me...,
What were the changes to local go...,
What were the changes to policing
7  cards
Russification
What does russification mean,
Why was russification necessary,
What was the problem of ethnic mi...
14  cards
Growth of Opposition to Tsarist Rule, 1855-94
Why was there opposition to tsari...,
What did westernisers believe,
What did slavophiles believe
8  cards
Economic Developments, 1855-94
What reforms did reutern bring in...,
What were the advantages of reute...,
What were the disadvantages of re...
13  cards
Social Developments, 1855-94
How did industrialization help so...,
Who were the landed elite,
Who were the middle class
7  cards
Nicholas II
What was the attitude character o...,
What happened during the coronati...,
How was rasputin involved with th...
29  cards
Economic Developments, 1894-1914
Who initiated a transformation in...,
What happened to the railway,
What happened to heavy industry
8  cards
Social Developments, 1894-1904
What were the positives of being ...,
What were the negatives of being ...,
How much change was there to the ...
13  cards
The Growth Of Opposition under Nicholas II
What growth in opposition was the...,
What did liberal opposition want,
What did liberal opposition do
5  cards
Russia during Wartime - 1914
What were the political problems ...,
What were the economic problems o...,
What were the social problems of war
17  cards
The Establishment of Bolshevik Government
What were the failures of the pro...,
What was lenins april thesis,
How did the april thesis help the...
14  cards
Leaders and Ideologies
What did lenin think would happen...,
What was the treaty of brest litovsk,
What was the issue with the treat...
11  cards
The Communist Dictatorship
State some of the early decrees b...,
When was the 1918 constitution,
What were the terms of the 1918 c...
26  cards
Economic Developments, 1917-1941
When was war communism introduced,
Why was war communism introduced,
What were the policies under war ...
34  cards
Leninist/Stalinist Society, 1917-1941
What was meant by burzhui,
Define tovarishch,
Define grazhdarin
23  cards
Communist Control and Terror
What opposition was there towards...,
What are some examples of opposit...,
How was political opposition deal...
36  cards
Stalinism in Wartime
When and what was the katyn massacre,
When and what was the war with fi...,
What was the nazi soviet pact
26  cards
Political Authority, 1945 - 53
What was the cold war,
What did peace talks between russ...,
What happened at the yalta confer...
38  cards
Khrushchev and Reaction to Stalinism, 1953 - 64
What was collective leadership,
How did khrushchev build up a str...,
What did beria do
30  cards
Opposition and Fall of Khrushchev
Who were the cultural dissidents,
What is meant by tamizdat,
What was the youngest society of ...
20  cards

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