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The Modernization Russia. Where did we last leave Russia?. 1825 Decembrist Revolt Economy Crimean War shows a need for change. A New Image for Russia. Reforms of Alexander II (r. 1855-1881) Serfs are freed in 1861 Zemstovo (1864) Industrialization. Undoing Reform – Alexander III .
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Where did we last leave Russia? • 1825 Decembrist Revolt • Economy • Crimean War shows a need for change
A New Image for Russia • Reforms of Alexander II (r. 1855-1881) • Serfs are freed in 1861 • Zemstovo (1864) • Industrialization
Undoing Reform – Alexander III • Alexander II assassinated in 1881. Alexander III takes over (r. 1881-1894) • Reactionary policies • Russification • Policies • Ideas • Methods • Reasoning behind • Political modernization is halted • Continued economic modernization
3. First Stages of Industrialization An Early Russian Factory
4. Weak Economy 1905 Russian Rubles
5. Extensive Foreign Investments & Influence Building the Trans-Siberian RR[Economic benefits only in a few regions.]
Treaty of Portsmouth [NH] - 1905 President Theodore Roosevelt Acts as the Peacemaker [He gets the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts.]
Revolution of 1905 Father Georgi Gapon:Leader of the People OR Police Informer?
Bloody SundayJanuary 22, 1905 The Czar’s Winter Palace in St. Petersburg
1. The Tsar’s October Manifesto October 30, 1905
The Opening of the Duma 1906 • The first two tries were too radical. • The third duma was elected by the richest people in Russia in 1907.
The Russian Constitution of 1906 • Known as the Fundamental Laws [April 23, 1906]. • The autocracy of the Russian Tsar was declared. • The Tsar was supreme over the law, the church, and the Duma. • It confirmed the basic human rights granted by the October Manifesto, BUT made them subordinate to the supremacy of the law.