HIST-0054 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Russian Orthodox Church, Crimean War, Obshchina
17 Mar 2016
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Alexander iii enacted harsher reactionary policies but also embraced the industrial revolution in russia. It was left for nicholas ii to deal with the forces unleashed by their legacies. Growth of the railroads: 1850s, tries to expand the network, the crimean war highlighted the need for this. Cultivates a desire for more reforms (results in less desire from tsar to reform) Middle and upper classes argue for local zemstvos, provincial, and then an empire-wide one that will advise the government on empire-wide issues. Russian: zemstvo: creates a manageable/sustainable duma; duma"s approval is needed to more forward imperial policy; achieves the reality in a notion of an empire wide advisory body. Alexander wanted to maintain liberal autocracy - emancipation didn"t do this. Legal and local gov reforms were too weak - upset liberals (wanted more), upset conservatives (wanted less) Educational reforms and censorship led to increased opposition. Did not stabilize russia, arguably led to his death.
