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?
