Alexander III and the early years of Nicholas II (1881-1904)
Paper 3 questions
A) or B):
A) Individual work: Make notes/ a plan for a response to one, two or all of the questions.
B) Create a group of three. Each of you choose one of the questions and makes notes/ a plan for a response to the chosen question. Share the results of your work with the other members of the group.
QUESTIONS:
1) To what extent did the reforms of Alexander II change Russian society?
2) Compare and contrast the rule of Alexander II and Alexander III.
3) With reference to the period up 1914, discuss the economic developments that took place during the reigns of Alexander III and Nicholas II.
A) Individual work: Make notes/ a plan for a response to one, two or all of the questions.
B) Create a group of three. Each of you choose one of the questions and makes notes/ a plan for a response to the chosen question. Share the results of your work with the other members of the group.
QUESTIONS:
1) To what extent did the reforms of Alexander II change Russian society?
2) Compare and contrast the rule of Alexander II and Alexander III.
3) With reference to the period up 1914, discuss the economic developments that took place during the reigns of Alexander III and Nicholas II.
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Reaction and Counter-reform
A Alexander III's 'Unshakeable Autocracy' and Russification policy
(a pair work):
1)
A: Read pages 76-77/90-92 & B: Read pages 86-87/104-105
> Compare and contrast Alexander III and Nicholas II as tsarist rulers.
2)
A: Read pages 79-81/95-98 and describe the role of the 'Okhrana', the 'land captains' and the 'close court sessions' in Alexander III's control policy.
B: Read pages 82-84/99-101 and describe what the principle of 'religious, moral and patriotic orientation' meant in practise and how the 'Russification' was implemented in different parts of the Empire.
3)
A & B: Make together a timeline on pogroms and anti-semitic legislature made in Russian Empire during Alexander III's and Nicholas II's period. ('Jews' on pages 84-86/101-103).
B. The early years of Nicholas II (1894-1904)
B1. Backround
Read pages 87-89/106-107: To what extent was the tsarist rule reactionary/ 'counter-reformist' by 1905?
B2. The need for modernisation: Sergei Witte's economic reforms
Create a diagram based on textbook's pgs 89-98/108-120
B3. The growth of the opposition movements
* Comparative study by using the source attached below:
- similarities/ differencies?
> controversal or coherent opposition?
- How fair is it to say that the Russian opposition in the turn of the 20th century was too controversial for giving a real challenge to the tsarist regime?
> HOME WORK: Study pgs 101-104/124-128 from chapter 4.3.
Why and how did opposition movements grow in the 1890s and early 1900s?
(a pair work):
1)
A: Read pages 76-77/90-92 & B: Read pages 86-87/104-105
> Compare and contrast Alexander III and Nicholas II as tsarist rulers.
2)
A: Read pages 79-81/95-98 and describe the role of the 'Okhrana', the 'land captains' and the 'close court sessions' in Alexander III's control policy.
B: Read pages 82-84/99-101 and describe what the principle of 'religious, moral and patriotic orientation' meant in practise and how the 'Russification' was implemented in different parts of the Empire.
3)
A & B: Make together a timeline on pogroms and anti-semitic legislature made in Russian Empire during Alexander III's and Nicholas II's period. ('Jews' on pages 84-86/101-103).
B. The early years of Nicholas II (1894-1904)
B1. Backround
Read pages 87-89/106-107: To what extent was the tsarist rule reactionary/ 'counter-reformist' by 1905?
B2. The need for modernisation: Sergei Witte's economic reforms
Create a diagram based on textbook's pgs 89-98/108-120
B3. The growth of the opposition movements
* Comparative study by using the source attached below:
- similarities/ differencies?
> controversal or coherent opposition?
- How fair is it to say that the Russian opposition in the turn of the 20th century was too controversial for giving a real challenge to the tsarist regime?
> HOME WORK: Study pgs 101-104/124-128 from chapter 4.3.
Why and how did opposition movements grow in the 1890s and early 1900s?
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