CGS SS 201 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Zemstvo, Meritocracy, W. M. Keck Observatory
30 Sep 2017
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3 romanov tsars: alexander ii, alexander iii, nicholas ii policies, reforms, successes, failures. By abolishing serfdom, the peasants were able to live on former nobility lands now called mir where they would build a home and increase production of food on these lands. This increased their status from indentured servants to landowners: military reforms, alexander ii ensured that the military ranks and officials would now be granted power based on meritocracy. He introduced the zemstva, which were assemblies that provided social and economic services. They expanded the network of elementary schools, constructed roads, provided health care, and instructed the peasantry in agricultural techniques. While many of these new forming groups were peaceful, some became violent because they demanded change. Throughout the 1860s and 1870s, a host of organizations formed to promote the introduction of a constitution, a parliamentary government, and socialistic values to russia.
