Russia

The Decemberist uprising was the revolt made by army officials to decide who was going to be next tsar after Alexander I dided. The effects of it was that tsar, Nicholas I, further repressed those views, the secret police expanded, newspapers and schools strictly supervised. The population did not like the effects, because of limitation.
 * Russia**
 * 1. What was the Decemberist uprising? What were its causes and effects? **

Economy was mainly based on agriculture, they tried to create some industry like the west but failed. People didn’t know how to start own industtiral revolutions, so stayed to traditional methods.
 * 2. What were the weaknesses of the Russian economy? **

The Crimean War was cause by the tsar Nicolas I provoking the declining Ottoman empire and the argument that Russia should help protect the Christian heart land. Britain and France supported the Ottoman Empire because they feared that Russia would gain more territory and power and would endanger British’s monopoly in India. The result was the West won because of their superior technology due to industrialization however, both sides received roughly the same casualties that foreshadow what mighty power Russia can become. Russia lost due to not having industrialization revolution, fell behind fell to traditions.
 * 3. What caused the Crimean War? what were its major effects? **

The serfs were emancipated because of the desire and need to start their own industrial revolution by creating a large mobile labor force. Felt need to start revolution.
 * 4. Why were serfs emancipated? how did their emancipation differ from the emancipation of slaves in the U.S.? What changes did it create? **

The Zemstoves were local political councils that overlooked regional affairs such as education, regulation of roads, etc. They had no real power in the national assembly, but they did allow middle class members to experience politics.
 * 5 What were the Zemstvoes? How successful were they? **

The Trans-Siberian railroad was important because it connected Russia to the Pacific which helped in their iron and coal industries, it also helped increase export of grains to the west. It also opened up to more development of interaction and advancement.
 * 6. What was the significance of the Trans-Siberian railroad? **

-higher taxes to protect the new industry, improve banking system, and encourage businesses and factories to emerge. As a result many industries rose up, and allowed Russia to become a major power in trade; so he basically brought industrialization to the nation.
 * 7. What economic reforms were enacted by Sergei Witte **

The social uprisings from the peasantry class having to pay so much taxes and dying of famine, the aristocrats and the intelligentsia wanting more liberty in freedom of speech and more say in political matter. Anarchists wanted to get rid of the entire government, but weren’t able to gain support from the peasantry so resorted to terrorist attacks. Union strikes.
 * 8. What were the signs that Russia was headed to revolution? (think about - intelligentsia, anarchists, Marxists, Bolsheviks.) **