CGS SS 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: House Of Romanov, Sergei Witte, Russian Culture
29 Sep 2017
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Romanov dynasty: 1613 to 1917, the last imperial dynasty to rule russia, during the romanov reign russia became and remained a major european power. Alexander ii: ni(cid:272)holas i"s eldest so(cid:374) a(cid:374)d su(cid:272)(cid:272)essor as tsar. I(cid:374) 1861 ale(cid:454)a(cid:374)der ii for(cid:373)all(cid:455) a(cid:271)olished serfdo(cid:373), freei(cid:374)g russia"s serfs fro(cid:373) i(cid:374)de(cid:374)ture to landowners: though a positive development in some ways, this also created a number of new problems: Russification : a new definition of what it meant to be russian. Re- emphasizing: you were not considered russian unless you were eastern-orthodox or christian. Pogroms - attacks against the jews to get them out of russia. They were killed, hunted, and hated: okhana- secret police; government hires spies to spy on factories, etc to inform on problematic people, police socialism: eradicate any unacceptable behavior. Trans-siberian rail road went underway in construction: was a lot more strict as tsar and really made an impact on.
