Government and Tsars (OCR A-Level History A): Flashcards
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Month & year Alexander II came to power
Month & year Alexander II came to power
February 1855
Alexander II's tutor who taught 'human being' principle
Alexander II's tutor who taught 'human being' principle
Zhukovsky (the poet)
Year Alexander II toured 29 Russian provinces
Year Alexander II toured 29 Russian provinces
1837
What Alexander II valued (1st Tsar to do so)
What Alexander II valued (1st Tsar to do so)
People's approval for autocracy
Year Alexander II married Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt
Year Alexander II married Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt
1841
Number of children Alexander II had
Number of children Alexander II had
Eight
Year of Alexander II's coronation
Year of Alexander II's coronation
1856
Alexander III's reign years
Alexander III's reign years
1881-1894
Date of 'Manifesto on Unshakable Autocracy'
Date of 'Manifesto on Unshakable Autocracy'
29 April 1881
Length of Alexander III's peaceful government
Length of Alexander III's peaceful government
13 years
Year Alexander III became heir & reason
Year Alexander III became heir & reason
1865, brother Nicholas died of meningitis
Alexander III's death: when & cause
Alexander III's death: when & cause
November 1894, stroke
Nicholas II's age when he inherited throne (1894)
Nicholas II's age when he inherited throne (1894)
26
Nicholas II's flaw re: appointments
Nicholas II's flaw re: appointments
Nepotism - promoted friends beyond skillset
Who healed Nicholas II's son's haemophilia
Who healed Nicholas II's son's haemophilia
Rasputin