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126697725Catherine the Great1762; Enlightened Despot who expanded Russian territory and introduced Enlightenment ideas0
126697726Alexander I1815; Russian tsar who supported conservatives and joined the Holy Alliance1
126697727PushkinPoet who used Romantic style to show the beauty of Russia2
126697728Nicholas I1825-1855; Russian tsar who put down the Decembrist Uprising, expanded territory and crushed liberal ideas3
126697729Decembrist Revoltan uprising of army officers against the ruling of Nicholas I4
126697730Emancipation edict1861; document that freed the Russian serfs under Alexander II5
126697731Intelligentsiaeducated radicals in Russia, used terrorism to achieve reform6
126697732Anarchistspeople who do not want any organized government7
126697733RussificationForcing ethnic groups to learn the Russian language8
126697734PogromsMass executions of the Jews9
126697735Vladimir LeninRussian who supported Marxists ideas, led the communist movement in Russia10
126697736Nicholas II1894-1917 tsar of Russia during the Revolution of 1905, led him to created the October Manifesto and Stolypin Reforms11
126697737October ManifestoDocument that created a limited monarchy with a representative body called the duma12
126697738DumaRussian representative body created by the October Manifesto13
126697739KuluksWealthy landlords in RUssia who bought up land14
126697740Neo-confucianisma form of confucianism used by the upper classes15
126697741Commander PerryOpened up trading ports in the Japan to western influence16
126697742PrefectsA district administrator under the Meiji government17
126697743Yataroa former samurai; set up the Mitsubishi company18
126697744DietLegislative branch in Japan19
126697745EiichiPeasant who invested money in industry and became rich20
126697746ZabiatsuFamilies who control certain aspects of the economy21
126697747Crimean Warwar between Russia and the Ottoman Empire aided by France and Britain over the Holy Land. Russia lost because of industrial disadvantage (inferior ships and weapons).22
126697748Zemstvoslocal political councils in Russia that regulated roads and schools23
126697749Pan Slavicthe unity of all Slavic peoples24
126697750Bloody Sundayalso known as the Revolution of 1905. It was a series of protests caused by Russia's lose in the Russo-Japanese War under Nicholas II.25
126697751Stolypin Reformsreforms under Nicholas II with which the peasants gained some freedom from redemption payments26
126697752Tokugawa Shogunateshogunate during which regional daimyos and samurai controlled Japan under the leadership of the shogun; experienced much cultural and economic growth27
126697753DaimyoJapanese land owners, comparable to lords in the European feudal system28
126697754SamuraiJapanese warriors, comparable to knights in the European feudal system29
126697755Meiji Restoration1868 the era following the defeat of the Tokugawa clan. brought an end to feudalism, established a new government, and increased industrialization30

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