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Political
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A-Level History Mind Map on Political, created by Georgia Brooke on 27/11/2015.
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Political
Autocratic Government
Ruled with help of nobles
1.8 mil. nobles in 1897
Landowners helped maintain order in countryside
Tsar has "divine right to rule"
Centralised autocracy
Secret Political Police
Active outside of Russia
kept watch on exiles
Surveyed opponents of Tsarism
Infiltrated + destroyed terrorist networks
Crimean War
1853-56
Humiliating defeat
Russia's poor communications
raised questions about efficiency of army + leadership
Outdated weapons
Against Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey
Straits of the Dardanelles
2 years heavy fighting
Military
Largest army in Europe
Outdated
Defeated in Crimean War
Beliefs
Panslavism
All slavic people united in one leadership
Slavophiles
Believed Russian traditions were superior to the West
Re-enforced autocracy
Westerners
Believed Russia should adopt certain political and economic institutions from the West
Parlimentary democracy
Individual rights
Assasination of Alexander II- 1881
The People's Will
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