Alexander III Reaction and Repression

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  • Why did Alexander III carry out a policy of reaction & repression
    • Alexander II Tsar Liberator
      • After defeat in the Crimean war, Alexander III convinced Russia to modernise this lead to reforms in the 1860s
      • 1861: Emancipation Of Serfs
      • 1864: Local Government reform
      • 1864: Judicial reforms
      • 1863-65: Military reforms
      • 1865: Censorship was less strict
      • Assassinated by peoples will because they thought that his reforms didn't go far enough
    • Impact of assassination
      • Alexander III hardened his view towards opposition. He wanted to crush any revolutionary movements
      • Police was strengthened and powers of the Okhrana were introduced.
      • Social and political reforms were halted which Alexander III created.
      • Success of his assassination made the Tsarist system appear vulnerable.
      • Alexander III was convinced that his father made the terrible error to reform. So he carried out reaction and repression
    • Konstantin Pobedonastev
      • Tsar Chief Advisor, he wanted strong control over people
      • Believed in Autocratic rule and lead the Russification policy
    • Russification
      • Only 45% of Russians in Russia so they made eveyone speak the language and become Russian Orthodox

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