Question 1

What is Alexander II generally known as?

Accepted Answer

Tsar Liberator

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Tsar Conspirator

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Tsar Philanderer

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Reactionary Tsar

Question 2

What years did Alexander II rule Russia?

Accepted Answer

1855-1881

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1855-1894

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1855-1873

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1855-1861

Question 3

How large was the Russian Empire by 1855?

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1/6 of the total landmass

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1/3 of the total landmass

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1/5 of the total landmass

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1/2 of the total landmass

Question 4

What name was given the frozen North of the Empire?

Accepted Answer

Tundra

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Sandra

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Rundra

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Landra

Question 5

What was the most fertile area of Russia?

Accepted Answer

Black Earth Region

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Blue Earth Region

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Red Earth Region

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White Earth Region

Question 6

What was the population of Russia in 1859?

Accepted Answer

70 million

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60 million

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50 million

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80 million

Question 7

What was a Serf?

Accepted Answer

A Peasant controlled by a landowner

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An industrial worker

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A migrant worker

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A free peasant

Question 8

What was the Mir

Accepted Answer

A peasant Commune

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The secret police

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A peasant prison

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The local government

Question 9

What was the main industry around St Petersburg in 1850s?

Accepted Answer

Spinning Mills

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Steel Mills

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Prostitution

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Printing

Question 10

20.	What position did the Tsar have in the Orthodox Church?

Accepted Answer

God's lieutenant on earth

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Head of the church

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Wrote their religious texts

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played the organ

Question 11

How did the Russian Orthodox church differ from the Catholic European church?

Accepted Answer

Pope was not the head of the church

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Celebrated on Thursday not Sunday

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Clerics in Russia did not cut their hair

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The Russians did not sing hymns

Question 12

What percentage of people were members of the Orthodox Church?

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70%

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90%

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30%

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50%

Question 13

What does autocratic mean?

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Absolute power over their people

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Rule without any advice

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Power over all of the poor people

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Rule without an army

Question 14

What did the Imperial Council do?

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Advised the Tsar

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Local Council

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Ruled on behalf of the Tsar in the Empire

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Advised the Tsars wife

Question 15

Who made up the Tsars Civil Service?

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The nobles

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The Peasants

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The army

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The Clerics

Question 16

How were the regions of the empire ruled?

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A governor

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High ranking retired  soldiers

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Tsars oversaw them

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The previous leader of each country before it was part of Russia

Question 17

How long did the conscripts serve in the army in 1855?

Accepted Answer

25 years

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6 years

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15 years

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9 years

Question 18

Who were the Cossacks?

Accepted Answer

Top soldiers from the Don area

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Lowest ranking soldiers

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High ranking soldiers from St Petersburg

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Elite fighting Monks

Question 19

When was the Crimean war fought?

Accepted Answer

1853-56

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1850-55

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1852-54

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1860-1862

Question 20

What did the Westernisers desire?

Accepted Answer

Political and economic values from the West

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To build the empire further into the West

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Wear more cowboy hats

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Kick out non-western people

Question 21

What did the Slavophiles desire?

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For Russia to keep it's distinct culture and traditions

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Make shrines to Slovakia

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Take over Slovakia

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Get more immigrants from Slovakia

Question 22

Which one of these is was NOT  reason for abolishing serfdom?

Accepted Answer

Legal

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Economic

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Risk of Revolt

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Moral

Question 23

What did the Tsar start doing from December 1857?

Accepted Answer

Weekly reports on the mood of the peasants

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Weekly meetings with Rasputin

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Weekly meeting with his mistress

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Weekly meetings with his wife

Question 24

Why do some believe that the scale of peasant unrest had been exaggerated?

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Data came from tsarist police records

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Data came from the cossacks

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there were no records

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Data came directly from the mir

Question 25

When was emancipation officially announced?

Accepted Answer

19th Feb 1861

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19th Jan 1861

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19th March 1861

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19th April 1861

Question 26

Which statement is false? (Emancipation proclamation)

Accepted Answer

Peasants would pay redemption payments for 40 years

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They could vote in local elections.

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Serfs were now legally free

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Peasants could marry who they liked.

Question 27

How many serfs were set free?

Accepted Answer

23 million

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46 million

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85 million

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27 million

Question 28

How long was the transitional period after emancipation before the serfs could stop serving their landlord?

Accepted Answer

2 years

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5 years

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6 months

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1 year

Question 29

Which one of these statements is false? (Process of emancipation)

Accepted Answer

Peasants received slightly more land than they farmed before emancipation

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Peasants paid more for the land than what it was worth.

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Landlords kept 2/3 and sold 1/3 for the peasants to use.

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In the Black earth region demand was high so people got less land there.

Question 30

Which statement is true? (Emancipation)

Accepted Answer

The Mir's power over peasants was strengthened

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Peasants could move to new villages easily

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The Mir had little power over peasants

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Peasants no longer had to serve in the military

Question 31

What is a desyatiny?

Accepted Answer

A measurement of land

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a fortune teller

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Head of the church

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Russian coins

Question 32

What were Kulaks?

Accepted Answer

better off peasants who could hire animals or labourers

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The middle class merchants.

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Migrant workers who walked from town to town looking for work.

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The poorest peasants who could not afford to buy their land.

Question 33

Why did the Radical Intelligentsia react badly to emancipation?

Accepted Answer

Emancipation protected the nobles and betrayed the peasants

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Because they had not been compensated for their loss of rights over the serfs.

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Emancipation betrayed the nobles and protected the peasants

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Because they would have to sell their land and find new professions.

Question 34

What was the name for the local councils elected by nobles, town dwellers and peasants?

Accepted Answer

Zemstva

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zubatov

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Zinoviev

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Zhdanov

Question 35

Which one of these statements about the councils is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

Every area had it's own local council by 1870.

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Some brought benefits to their area such as schools and health care.

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they were dominated by the nobility and some did not take their responsibility seriously.

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Peasants did not really participate as the nobles put them off and they resented paying taxes created by the councils.

Question 36

Which of the following was NOT a way of reforming the Judicial system in 1865?

Accepted Answer

Judges had to base their decision on rules such as putting the word of a noble before the word of a peasant.

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Judges were paid well and the government could not dismiss them when they passed an unfavourable verdict.

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Voting on the outcome of a case by the jury was secret to stop intimidation.

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Jury trials were introduced for serious cases. Witnesses and oral testimonies were heard.

Question 37

How long did conscription last after the reforms from 1861?

Accepted Answer

15 years with 9served in reserve

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15 years with 3 years in reserve

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15 years with 12 years in reserve

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15 years with 6 served in reserve

Question 38

Between 1856 and 1878 what did the number of primary schools increase to?

Accepted Answer

25, 000

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8, 000

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21, 000

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15, 000

Question 39

How many students were attending university after the education reforms by 1899?

Accepted Answer

16, 000

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4, 000

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12, 000

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8, 000

Question 40

Which one of the following statements about censorship is not true?

Accepted Answer

The ministry of interior no longer had the power to withdraw, fine or close down suspect publishers.

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Newspapers, books and journals no longer had to pass censorship before being published.

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The removal of censorship led to more people questioning tsarist rule and encouraged opposition.

Question 41

Who was Karakazov?

Accepted Answer

Revolutionary who tried to assassinate Alex II  in 1866

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Revolutionary who tried to assassinate Alex II  in 1868

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Revolutionary who tried to assassinate Alex II  in 1865

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Revolutionary who tried to assassinate Alex II  in 1867

Question 42

Which of the statements about the reaction to the assassination attempt is false?

Accepted Answer

The powers of the zemstva were increased.

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Count Peter Shuvalov was put in charge of the 'Third Section' and they cracked down on opposition.

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Liberal ministers were sacked.

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The Tsar's liberal brother found it difficult to get access to Alex II.

Question 43

What were the two main groups of opposition by 1880?

Accepted Answer

Black partition and People's Will

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Red partition and People's Will

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Black partition and People's rights

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Red partition and People's rights.

Question 44

What was the difference between 'Black partition' and 'People's will'?

Accepted Answer

Their methods, one was peaceful one was violent

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One was led by women and one by men

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One was based in St Petersburg and one in Moscow

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One was for the countryside and one was for the cities

Question 45

Why did Alexander II consider making more liberal concessions in 1879?

Accepted Answer

Alexander II was hugely unpopular

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The Zemstvo forced him to

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Alexander was a liberal at heart

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The secret police recommended it

Question 46

Why were Loris-Melikov's reforms not get put into action?

Accepted Answer

Tsar Alex II was assassinated.

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Riots broke out that stopped reforms.

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The nobles rejected the changes.

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Tsar Alex II changed his mind.

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