Slide 1Slide 2Slide 3Slide 4Slide 5Slide 6Slide 7Slide 8Slide 9Slide 10Slide 11Slide 12Slide 13OLD REGIME RUSSIAOLD REGIME RUSSIALand of contradictions Huge empire Situated in both “West” & “East”OLD REGIME RUSSIALand of contradictions Great power Great poverty & underdevelopmentOLD REGIME RUSSIALand of contradictions Primarily agrarian society Beginning to modernize & industrializeOLD REGIME RUSSIALand of contradictions Elite (@ 1%) controlled everything Majority of population (over 80%) = peasantsOLD REGIME RUSSIALand of contradictions Elite lived in great wealth & opulence Majority lived in povertyOLD REGIME RUSSIALand of contradictions Great culture & thought Produced some of world’s greatest artists, writers, thinkers, scientistsLEV TOLSTOYANNA PAVLOVAPETR TCHAIKOVSKYMARC CHAGALLIVAN PAVLOVOLD REGIME RUSSIA Began late, but steady growth But still lagged behind WestIndustrialization & rise of capitalismOLD REGIME RUSSIARussia’s divergent path Pervasive state control of economy Strict autocratic control of political systemOLD REGIME RUSSIARole of the Church Propped up autocracy Subordinate to governmentOLD REGIME RUSSIAThe Multi-National Empire Hundreds of different ethnic groups Often chafed under Russian controlOLD REGIME RUSSIACommunal Nature Focus of life for most: •Family•Village•Commune (OBSHCHINA or MIR)OLD REGIME RUSSIAGreat population growth 1861 = 73 million 1897 = 125 million 1917 = 170 million Placed great strain on
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