PPT-The Russian Revolution “I shall maintain the principle of autocracy just as firmly and

Industrial Development The Russian Tsars Alexander III and Nicholas II were determined that Russia must become an industrial power Sergei Witte Sergei Witte the industrialist and railroad tycoon was appointed Finance Minister in 1892 by Alexander and would serve both Alexander III and Nicholas II. PRINCIPLE 2UNEXPECTED PRINCIPLE 3COPRINCIPLE 4CREDIBLE PRINCIPLE 5EMTINAL PRINCIPLE 6 SORIES 1856: End of Crimean war. 1861: Emancipation of the serfs. 1864: . Zemstva. set up; reform of judicial system. 1881: 1 March: Alexander II assassinated. 1893-1903: Witte as finance minister, industrialisation. Russia fights Japan in 1905, suffers a humiliating defeat.. Shows Russia to be unprepared militarily for industrial warfare.. Russia is behind in technology needed to sustain industrial warfare.. Russia had no competent military leaders.. AOS1 - Revolutionary ideas, leaders, movements and events. The . Great War. How strong was Russia by 1913?. Politically:. Tsar Nicholas II’s position had stabilised, ruling in conjunction with a conservative Duma AND . Pre-Revolutionary Russia. Only true . autocracy/monarchy . left in Europe. No type of representative political institutions. Nicholas II became tsar in 1884. Believed he was the absolute . ruler. Russo-Japanese War (1904) – defeat led to . Tanisha . Kindley. , Alexandra Cannon, . Andrew Tang, & . Jasmine Gosha. Before the industrial revolution had an “absolute monarch and the state had more control over the citizens than anywhere else in the Western world”. Revolution. In the 1700s, Czar Peter the Great expanded & modernized Russia . Peter introduced into Russia Western style navy, fashions, & city-planning. But in the 1800s, Russia failed to keep pace with the rapid changes taking place in Western Europe . Carson Teixeira. Quick Facts . Full Name: . Russian Federation. Population: 142.5 million. Capital: Moscow. Area: 17,075,400 square km. Major language: Russian. Major religions: Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism. Russia was an agricultural nation through the 1800’s, and did not really industrialize. Serfdom was still widespread. There was a large income gap between the wealthy landowners (Boyers) and the poor. (1750-1914). AP World History: Chapter 18. Russia During the 19. th. Century. STILL had an absolute monarchy (the tsar). No national parliament. No political parties. No nationwide elections. Russian society = dominated by titled nobility. What events and people helped cause the Russian Revolution?. Causes. Russian economy is weak/no food. Tsar Nicholas II an ineffective leader. Bloody Sunday – people lose faith in the Tsar. Provisional . Starter task. Write as many words, phrases, pictures as you can when you hear the word….. RUSSIA. BACKGROUND. In . 1881 . Russia covered one sixth of the world’s . surface. 120,000,000 . population. Russian Revolution From monarchy, Revolution, to Communism Romanov Family Tree Romanov Family Tree Chapter 7, Section 5: Russia: Reform and Reaction ( pg # 246-251) Focus Question: Why did Industrialization and reform come more slowly to Russia than to Western Europe? Part-3. Dr.Vishwajeet Singh Parmar. Ancient Indian History Culture & Archaeology. Vikram University,Ujjain (M.P.). On November 6 and 7, 1917 (or October 24 and 25 on the Julian Calendar, which is why the event is often referred to as the .