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Period: to
Important People and Events
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Alexander I
- inherited throne
- liberal ideas
- eased cenorship, education
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Alexander I REFORM
Drawn back from reform -
Nicolas I
- came to the throne
- embraced "orthodoxy, autocracy, and nationalism"
- issued a new law code
- try to limit power of landowners
- country was left in a poor state
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Alexander II
- came to throne during Crimean War
- war ended in a Russian defeat
- freedom brought problems
- finally agreed to reforms
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Assasination
Alexander II was assainated by the terrorist organization Narodnaya Volya -
Alexander III
Alexander and his wife were officially crowned -
Nicolas II
- Alexander III son
- focused on economic development
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Bloody Sunday
- gunfire rang out
- hundreds dead and wounded in snow
- occured during what was suppose to be a "peaceful march"
- this event killed peoples faith
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Revolution of 1905
- strikes occured oftenly
- peasants revolted and demanded land
- terrorists targeted officials
- Nicolas elected national legislature
