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What steps were taken by the Tsar during and after the Revolution of 1905 to protect his authority? OR Explain what role women had in Nazi society.             (5)    

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Steps taken by the Tsar to protect his authority were (i) Allowing creation of an elected consultative parliament or Duma. It could not take any final decisions. (ii) To ensure no questioning of his authority or reduction is his powers, he dismissed the first and second Duma within a time period of 6 months. (iii) He changed the laws to pack the third Duma with conservative politicians. Liberals and revolutionaries were not included as members (iv) For a small time during the 1905 Revolution, a number of trade unions and factory committees, all consisting of factory workers, were formed. After the revolution was crushed, all such unions and committees were banned. (v) He placed severe restrictions on political activities. OR In Nazi Germany, young people and children were told that women were radically different from men. They were told that their fighting for equal rights with men was wrong and it would destroy society. While boys were trained for hard jobs, girls were trained to become good mothers and bring up pure blooded Aryan children, look after domestic duties and teach their children Nazi values. Mothers who brought up racially desirable children were awarded and favored by various methods. However, women who married Jews, Poles or Russians and gave birth to children who were undesirable were punished severely and considered to be criminals. Thus all women were not treated equally in Nazi society.