old regime russia. land of contradictions huge empire situated in both “west” & “east”
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OLD REGIME RUSSIA
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OLD REGIME RUSSIA
Land of contradictions
Huge empire
Situated in both “West” & “East”
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OLD REGIME RUSSIA
Land of contradictions
Great power
Great poverty & underdevelopment
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OLD REGIME RUSSIA
Land of contradictions
Primarily agrarian society
Beginning to modernize & industrialize
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OLD REGIME RUSSIA
Land of contradictions
Elite (@ 1%) controlled everything
Majority of population (over 80%) = peasants
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OLD REGIME RUSSIA
Land of contradictions
Elite lived in great wealth & opulence
Majority lived in poverty
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OLD REGIME RUSSIA
Land of contradictions
Great culture & thought
Produced some of world’s greatest artists, writers, thinkers, scientists
LEV TOLSTOY
ANNA PAVLOVA
PETR TCHAIKOVSKY
MARC CHAGALL
IVAN PAVLOV
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OLD REGIME RUSSIA
Began late, but steady growth
But still lagged behind West
Industrialization & rise of capitalism
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OLD REGIME RUSSIA
Russia’s divergent path
Pervasive state control of economy
Strict autocratic control of political system
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OLD REGIME RUSSIA
Role of the Church
Propped up autocracy
Subordinate to government
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OLD REGIME RUSSIA
The Multi-National Empire
Hundreds of different ethnic groups
Often chafed under Russian control
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OLD REGIME RUSSIA
Communal Nature
Focus of life for most:
•Family
•Village
•Commune (OBSHCHINA or MIR)
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OLD REGIME RUSSIA
Great population growth
1861 = 73 million
1897 = 125 million
1917 = 170 million
Placed great strain on land/resources