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Modernization of Russia Reforms A. Russian Society 1. Poor agrarian society

Modernization of Russia Reforms A. Russian Society 1. Poor agrarian society 2. Little industry 3. Serfdom. B. Crimean War (1832-1856) 1. Russia against: a. Great Britain b. France c. Ottoman 2. Russian loss a. Failure to industrialize / behind West

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Modernization of Russia Reforms A. Russian Society 1. Poor agrarian society

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  1. Modernization of Russia • Reforms A. Russian Society 1. Poor agrarian society 2. Little industry 3. Serfdom

  2. B. Crimean War (1832-1856) 1. Russia against: a. Great Britain b. France c. Ottoman 2. Russian loss a. Failure to industrialize / behind West b. Weak army c. Alexander II -social change and modernization https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHNzUDNegx0

  3. C. Reforms 1. Serfdom ended 1861 a. Collective landownership b. Taxation of former serfs c. Little advance in farming techniques/ technology 2. 1864 Zemstvos a. Elected assembly / administered local issues b. All classes vote c. Wealthy- vote waited in their favor

  4. 3. Alexander II Social Reforms a. Eased restriction on press b. Modernization of judicial system c. Education d. Army

  5. II. Industrialization & Imperialism A. Infrastructure 1.. Govt. subsidized private rail companies 2. Industrialization 3. Territorial expansion south & east B. Political Reform Ends 1. Assassination of Alexander II 2. Alexander III- replaces former Czar a. Ended social reforms b. Political modernization ended c. Continued to industrialize- encouraged foreign investment

  6. B. Russo-Japanese War 1904 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS1csqutxv4 1. Cause a. Korea b. Manchuria c. Both countries considered strategically & economically important

  7. 2. Impact War a. Japanese victory encouraged nationalist movement in African & Asia b. USA – Theodore Roosevelt / Treaty Portsmouth c. Often considered 1st modern war d. Leads to internal protest

  8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55GvxYq9yXw C. Russian Revolution 1905 1. Causes: a. Russian Socialists & Marxist push for equality & reform b. Anarchists- promote lawless society c. Nihilists- destroy all Russian institution & build new society b. Russo- Japanese War- showed corruption & incompetence of Czar

  9. c. Bloody Sunday – January 22, 1905 1. Protest @ St. Petersberg / Czar’s Palace 2. Results limited reform a. Soviets Worker’s Council b. Duma- national legislature

  10. III. Russian Revolution 1917 A. Causes 1. Social & political issues that emerged in 1905 a. Failure of reforms b. Poverty c. WWI d. Poor economy

  11. B. Outcomes 1. Bolshevik Revolution – 1917 a. Vladimir Lenin- bloodless coup against govt b. Established 1st Marxists state 2. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 3. Civil War a. Anti-Bolshevik White Army- defeated 1920 b. 1922 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) established

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