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Notes on video lecture:
The Industrial Revolution and the Failure of the Russian Ruling Class
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on March 13, 2019 (go to class or lectures)
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education, army, consequence, constituent, confidence, modern, money, Japanese, countryside, trade, ruling, industrialize, Czar, Finance, organize, successful, mutiny, mobilize, entered, Russians, Germans, handicap, railroads, spirit, united, gold, Duma
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industrialization in the last decades of the 19th century as remarkably                     
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Sergei Witte, Minister of                1889-1891
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argued that Russia needed to                            to remain a great power
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have to be able to have a great         
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moving armies around
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conservative modernization
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wanted a positive balance of           
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was able to put Russia on the          standard
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meant that various foreign investors               
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had the consequence that after the Revolution, the French wanted their            back
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resulted in building                   , factories
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the building of the trans-Siberian railroad
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the conservatism of the court was a                 
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afraid of the power of                   
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compared to Japan
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industrialization successful
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social tension
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the beginning of an industrial proletariat
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had close connection from the                       
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different than Europe
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Russian proletariat didn't have the ability to                  as in Europe
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they were miserable
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felt part of the European spirit which was at the time imperialism
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1905 Russo-                 War
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ended disastrously for the                 
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Revolution of 1905
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direct                        of losing that war
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three                        factors
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working classes
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peasantry
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army, on the verge of             
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didn't succeed
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because these three groups were not             
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nobility won by giving concessions, significant
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created         
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political parties could be and were formed
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extreme right and extreme left
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responsibility of World War I
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astounding that the leaders of the countries that fought were from the same             
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nobody in the ruling circles in any of these countries foresaw what kind of war they were entering into
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nobody wanted the kind of war which actually came about
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the Russian state was less able to                  than the other European countries
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to what extent was Russia modernizing before the Revolution
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if the war had not occurred, might have this modernization been successful
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given the mentality of the              circle, it was not such as to be able to modernize on its own
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January 1917
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British ambassador came to see the         
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expressed concern of the Russian armies to resist the               
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said: you must regain the                      of your people
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the Czar responded: it is the people who must regain my confidence
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this indicated the inability of the Czarist court to understand the              world
Russian History in Context
The Industrial Revolution and the Failure of the Russian Ruling Class