Austria-Hungary+and+Russia

Ryan Chen

Compare and contrast how TWO of the following states attempted to hold together their empires in the period 1850-1914. Austria-Hungary, Russia, Ottoman Empire

Thesis: Both Austria-Hungary and Russia attempted to hold their empire together by politically pleasing their people with reforms and fighting in wars to maintain a national pride with their people. Politically Austria Russia Ágoston, Gábor. "Austria and the Ottoman Empire." In Ágoston, Gábor, and Bruce Masters, eds. //Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire//. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2009. //Modern World History Online//, Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp? ItemID=WE53&iPin=EOE066&SingleRecord=True (accessed April 25, 2011).
 * creation of imperial parliament Reichsrat
 * Ausgleich which created dual monarchy of Austria Hungary
 * separate constitutions
 * separate bicameral legislature
 * own domestic affairs
 * own capital
 * single monarch
 * engaged in war in balkans
 * occupied Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Alexander II
 * Emancipation edict freeing serfs
 * creation of village communes "mirs"
 * Zemstovos
 * legal reforms of 1864
 * created a regular system of local and provincial courts
 * created a judicial code that accepted the principle of equality
 * fought over balkans against ottoman empire
 * Created Greater Bulgaria