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Grab a Book/Video Warm Up!!!. “Crisis and Revolution in Russia” Respond to the questions provided GRAB A BOOK AND JOIN ME ON PAGE 584!. 19 th Century Russia: Reform and Reactions. C23 sec 5 Join me on Page 584
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Grab a Book/Video Warm Up!!! • “Crisis and Revolution in Russia” • Respond to the questions provided • GRAB A BOOK AND JOIN ME ON PAGE 584!
19th Century Russia: Reform and Reactions C23 sec 5 Join me on Page 584 EQs: How did the czars attempt to change Russia in the 1800s? How did the people react to change or lack of it?
Czars: Actions and Reactions • Actions of Alexander I (1801 – 1825) – became liberal, eased censorship on the people, promoted education and even considered freeing the serfs • People’s reaction: Upon Alexander’s death, some Western thinking nobles led the Decembrist Revolt, attempting to make Russia a democracy • Actions of Nicholas I (1825-1855) – Reacted negatively to the Decembrist Revolt…He unleashed oppression on the people…revoked people’s rights, isolated Russia from Western Europe…was a “despot”…”Orthodoxy, Autocracy and Nationalism” • People’s Reaction: Nobles were upset since their economic activities were being disrupted by Nicholas’ anti-western policies…peasants became unhappy when nobles took it out on them
Czars: Actions and Reactions • Actions of Alexander II (1855-1881): Due to Russia losing the Crimean War, he was forced to make his people happy… • he freed the serfs (peasants) in 1861 • set up local governments called zemstvos • eased censorship of rights • tried to improve Russia’s military through rapid foreign industrialization • People’s reaction: They were dissatisfied since the reforms were SLOW…he was assassinated in 1881 by the People’s Will movement
Czars: Actions and Reactions • Actions of Alexander III (1881-1894): Since his father was murdered, he revived all the policies of Nicholas I • He increased the power of the secret police • Restored strict censorship of rights • Exiled 1000s to Siberia • Launched Russification, which blamed minorities and Jews for Russia’s problems • People’s reaction: They embarked on pogroms, persecutions and massacres of Russian Jews…many Jews became refugees
Czars: Actions and Reactions • Actions of Nicholas II (1894-1918): Tried to unify his people to fight for “the Faith, the Czar and the Fatherland” • Lost war w/Japan • Accidentally killed peaceful protestors on “Bloody Sunday”…led to the October Manifesto of freedoms to the people • Forced to create a Duma (people’s legislature)…then abolished it when they criticized him • Appointed Peter Stolypin, who once again repressed people, then tried to revive Alexander II’s reforms (land reforms, zemstvos) • People’s Reaction: REVOLUTION!!! And doom for Nicholas and his family…
Video Closer! • “The Fall of the Czar” • Respond to the questions provided For the remainder of the Period/Homework • Finish worksheet (if you didn’t get the info from the previous slides), the reading quiz, and complete the primary source activity…homework if not finished…
For the remainder of the Period/Homework • Finish worksheet (if you didn’t get the info from the previous slides), the reading quiz, and complete the primary source activity…homework if not finished…