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Revolutions 6/10/13http://mrmilewski.comOBJECTIVE: Examine The Long Chain. MCSS WH-5.3.5I. Administrative Stuff-AttendanceII. CONNECTIONS-notes on episode#7 The Long Chain 1Revolutions 6/11/13http://mrmilewski.comOBJECTIVE: Examine Russian Expansion & Revolutions. MCSS WH-5.3.5I. Journal#30pt.A-Examine the picture on p.603-Answer the caption question on p.603II. Journal#30pt.B-notes on Russia during the 1800s2Russian ExpansionFor years Russian rulers expanded their empires.Ivan IV opened Siberia to traders & explorers which eventually extended the empire to the pacific.Peter the Great won the cold water ports of modern day Estonia & LatviaCatherine the Great won warm water ports on the Black Sea & lands in modern day Poland, Lithuania, & Belarus.

http://worldroots.com/brigitte/gifs/cath2russia.jpg3The Russian Empire

http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/zencmed/targets/maps/mhi/0c8600de.gif4Revolt & RepressionSerfs wanted freedom & their own land to farm.A few nobles supported enlightenment ideas-life, liberty, property-separation of powersNobles didnt agree on the types of reforms to establish.As education spread, the middle class demanded reforms at a quicker pace than the nobles did.

http://www.millenniumschools.co.uk/_user/3/8/J/6/H/ja_image1.JPG?11406073395Decembrist Revolution - 1825Small group of army offices tried to overthrow the Czar & establish a republic.Result: FAILURE!!Leaders killed or sent to Siberia

http://cla.calpoly.edu/~mriedlsp/History111/Images/hambach1.jpg6Czars Reaction to DecembristsCzar imposed strict censorship & banned books from the West.Used secret police to spy on students & teachersEnforced Russian nationalism & loyalty to the Russian Orthodox Church as a way to united his vast multi-national empire.Pogroms organized acts of violence against JewsThe govt blamed the Jews as the source of Russian povertyThe violence forced many Jews to leave Russia & go to Germany.7Russias Real Economic ProblemRussian political & economic system slowed industrial growth in RussiaWestern European nations got stronger and more powerful because factories had lots of laborRussian factories didnt have a lot of labor because serfs couldnt leave the land they worked8Czar Alexander IIIn 1861, he freed the the serfs, but made them buy the land they lived on at high prices.Since most peasants owed so much money they lived in poverty.

http://studycircle.angeltowns.com/images/ruler-14.jpg9Effects of IndustrializationIn the late 1800s industry expanded & peasants moved to cities where new factories were being built.The middle class grew, so did educationBetter healthcare & more food caused the population to soar.Life in the cities was bad.-little pay-long hours-dangerous working conditions10Revolutionary MovementsDecembrist Revolt 1825*Goal set up a republicMid 1860s *Goal establish socialismWho were the revolutionaries?-Most came from the small, but growing educated classes11What they did?Tried to get peasants to support their revolution. When this failed, they turned to terrorism.They assassinated Czar Alexander the II.

http://www.columbia.edu/~rt184/alex.jpg12Czar Alexander IIIHe succeeded his father & returned to the repressive actions his father relaxed.Despite this crackdown, by the time Czar Nicholas II came to power a new form of socialism, called Marxism became popular with the revolutionaries.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Alexander_III._Czar_Of_Russia_Nadar.jpg/433px-Alexander_III._Czar_Of_Russia_Nadar.jpg13Revolutions 6/12/13 http://mrmilewski.comFinal Exams: Hours 1,2,314Revolutions 6/13/13 http://mrmilewski.comOBJECTIVE: FINAL EXAMI. Administrative Stuff-attendance & distribution of test II. FINAL EXAM15