OCR Russia 1855-1964 Timeline of events (by ruler) and sub theme ideas

Key:

Turning points

• Wars

  • Crimean war

  • Russo-Turkish war

  • Russo-Japanese war

  • WW1

  • Civil war

  • WW2

  • Cold War

• Revolutions

  • 1905 (attempted revolution)

  • February 1917

  • October 1917

• Key reforms / events / legislation

  • Emancipation (1861)

  • Zemstvo (1864)

  • Polish revolt (1863-64)

  • October Manifesto (1906)

  • Duma (1906)

  • ** 8 point programme ** (1917)

  • ** Order No.1 ** (1917)

  • 10th Party Congress ~ NEP (1922)

  • 5YPs

  • Dekulakization

  • Collectivisation

  • Secret speech

  • Virgin Lands Scheme

Nature of Government

• Opposition

  • Extent of opposition

  • Reasons for opposition

  • Type of opposition

  • Effectiveness of opposition

  • Consequences of opposition

  • Nature of opposition

• Repression (or lack of)

  • Nature of repression

  • Reasons for repression

  • Extent of repression

  • Effectiveness of repression

  • Consequences of repression

  • Repression of nationalities

  • Repression of Russian Nationals

  • Repression of peasants

  • Repression of workers

• Government institutions

  • Local institutions

  • Central / national institutions

• Ideology

  • Autocracy

  • Liberal democracy

  • Marxism-Leninism

Society

• Reasons for social change

• Extent of social change

• Changes to urban living (workers)

• Changes to urban working

• Changes to rural working

• Changes to rural living (peasants)

• Limitations on personal, political and religious freedom education

• Impact of famines

• Restrictions on personal freedoms

Economy

• Reasons for economic change

• Extent of economic change

• Changes to urban working conditions

• Changes to rural working conditions

• Famines

• Inflation / cost of war

Nationalities

• Poland

• Finland

• Jews

• Ukraine

Timeline of events

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1853-56 ~ Crimean War

1855 ~ Ascension of A2

1858-70 ~ Censorship reform
1861 ~ Emancipation
        ~ Alteration of military service for the peasants (from: 25yrs ~ To: 6yrs)

May 1862 ~ Poland ~ A2’s brother Constantine = appointed viceroy

1863 ~ Finland ~ introduction of their own Parliament ~ the Diet

1863-64 ~ Education reforms

             ~ Poland~Polish revolt
1864 ~ Judiciary reforms
1864-70 ~ Local government reforms
             ~ Introduction of the Zemstvo (1864)

1865 ~ Death of A2’s son (& heir)
1866 ~ Attempted assassination of A2
1867 ~ Finland ~ granted what almost amounted to a constitution

1869 ~ Das Kapital (Marx’s book) enters Russia

1871 ~ Educational reaction
1874-75 ~ Military reforms

   ~ Narodnik movement

         ~ 1,500 arrests (of Narodniks)

1874 ~ Minister of Education: Dimitri Tolstoy insists on classical education in schools

        ~ Narodnik movement (populist group) ~ go to the countryside/peasants   

        ~ Universal military service (ALL men liable at 20 ~ w/o loopholes)

1877-78 ~ Russo-Turkish War (incl Treaty of San Stefan)
   ~ Trial of the 193 (Narodniks)
1877 ~ Trial of the 50
1878 ~ Vera Zasulich shoots military governor of St Petersburg but is not convicted
        ~ Political crimes transferred to special courts
1879 ~ New governor-generals established
        ~ Narodnik movement splits ~ into Black Partition and People’s Will

1897-80 ~ Famine & industrial recession
1880 ~ Loris-Melikov proposals
1881 ~ Assassination of A2 (By: People’s Will)

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1881 ~ Ascension of A3

1882 ~ Statute on police surveillance; new regulations of the press
1884 ~ New university charter
1885 ~ Poland ~ Polish National Bank closed

1886 ~ Land Banks

1889 ~ Land captains introduced
1890 ~ Change in election arrangements for Zemstvo
1891 ~ Construction of Trans-Siberian…