1. Modernization of Russia
Reforms
A. Russian Society
1. Poor agrarian society
2. Little industry
3. Serfdom

2. B. Crimean War (1832-1856) 1. Russia against: a. Great Britain b
B. Crimean War ( ) 1. Russia against: a. Great Britain b. France c. Ottoman 2. Russian loss a. Failure to industrialize / behind West b. Weak army c. Alexander II -social change and modernization

3. C. Reforms 1. Serfdom ended 1861 a. Collective landownership b
C. Reforms 1. Serfdom ended 1861 a. Collective landownership b. Taxation of former serfs c. Little advance in farming techniques/ technology Zemstvos a. Elected assembly / administered local issues b. All classes vote c. Wealthy- vote waited in their favor

4. 3. Alexander II Social Reforms a. Eased restriction on press b
3. Alexander II Social Reforms a. Eased restriction on press b. Modernization of judicial system c. Education d. Army

5. II. Industrialization & Imperialism A. Infrastructure 1. Govt
II. Industrialization & Imperialism A. Infrastructure 1.. Govt. subsidized private rail companies 2. Industrialization 3. Territorial expansion south & east B. Political Reform Ends 1. Assassination of Alexander II 2. Alexander III- replaces former Czar a. Ended social reforms b. Political modernization ended c. Continued to industrialize- encouraged foreign investment

7. B. Russo-Japanese War 1904 https://www. youtube. com/watch
B. Russo-Japanese War Cause a. Korea b. Manchuria c. Both countries considered strategically & economically important

8. 2. Impact War a. Japanese victory encouraged nationalist movement in African & Asia b. USA – Theodore Roosevelt / Treaty Portsmouth c. Often considered 1st modern war d. Leads to internal protest

9. https://www. youtube. com/watch. v=55GvxYq9yXw C
C. Russian Revolution Causes: a. Russian Socialists & Marxist push for equality & reform b. Anarchists- promote lawless society c. Nihilists- destroy all Russian institution & build new society b. Russo- Japanese War- showed corruption & incompetence of Czar

10. c. Bloody Sunday – January 22, 1905 1. Protest @ St
c. Bloody Sunday – January 22, St. Petersberg / Czar’s Palace 2. Results limited reform a. Soviets Worker’s Council b. Duma- national legislature

11. III. Russian Revolution 1917 A. Causes 1
III. Russian Revolution 1917 A. Causes 1. Social & political issues that emerged in 1905 a. Failure of reforms b. Poverty c. WWI d. Poor economy

12. B. Outcomes 1. Bolshevik Revolution – 1917 a
B. Outcomes 1. Bolshevik Revolution – 1917 a. Vladimir Lenin- bloodless coup against govt b. Established 1st Marxists state 2. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 3. Civil War a. Anti-Bolshevik White Army- defeated 1920 b Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) established