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Russian Revolution - Coggle Diagram
Russian Revolution
Peasants
80% of pop.
Poor
No land/communal land
No food
Famine of 1891
Peasants had no food
Gov. reacted, but not enough
Peasants started to believe Gov. had to be replaced
Gov. continued to export instead of feeding peasants
Lived in shacks, w/ animals
Illiterate
Couldn't speak out
Nobles
Government
Autocracy (1 person has unlimited power)
Governors (34)
Imperial Cabinet (13)
Tsar (Head)
Zemstvos (Districts)
Bureaucracy (easily bribed)
Military & Police
Banned books
Quelled dissent
Romanovs
Ruled for 300 years (since 16th century)
Tsar Alexander II
Great Reformer
Abolished serfdom
Emancipation Manifesto
Established councils
Established public trials
eased censorship
Assassinated by Intelligentsia
Tsar Alexander III
Felt that the people had to be controlled
Created the secret police
Rolled back reforms
Nicholas II
Shy
Loved books
Never learned to rule
Empress Alexandra
German
Granddaughter to queen Victoria
Religious