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Tsardom to Communism
1.1 - The nature of Russian society in 1914
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did Tsar Nicholas II rule? | Not just a country, but a huge empire. It spread across the continents of Europe and Asia and stretched across eight time zones. Its population was over 125 million, but only 55 million were Russian. |
| What had happened as the Russian Empire had expanded in previous centuries? | Many other nationalities had been included, such as Finns, Poles, Ukrainians, Estonians, Lithuanians and Georgians. |
| What was an issue with many nationalities having been included in the Russian Empire as it expanded over previous centuries? | They had their own languages and their own religions, such as Roman Catholic Christians in Poland and Muslims in the south of the empire near the Black Sea. |
| What was the difference in climate in the Russian Empire? | In the north, people lived in the Arctic Circle; in the south, there were nomads living in tents in semi-desert areas. |
| What were most of the people living in the Russian Empire? | Peasants |
| What was there a huge contrast between in the Russian Empire? | The peasants and the rich nobles. |
| Describe the life of the peasants in the Russian Empire in 1914: | They had only recently had the right to possess their own land, but they had little machinery + were desperately poor. They farmed on strips of land with old-fashioned tools, as had happened for centuries. A poor harvest would mean famine and many deaths. |
| Describe the life of the nobles in the Russian Empire in 1914: | They were immensely rich, owning ornate palaces that rivalled those of the Tsar. |
| What process had started in Russia in the 19th century? How? What was an issue with it? | Industrialisation, with industries such as coal mining, iron, steel and textiles. However, conditions in the rapidly expanding cites of Moscow and St. Petersburg were even worse than those in the countryside. |
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