A3 Flashcards
the reaction
Movement by A3 against liberal reforms of fathers; move towards repression
Pobedonostsev
Tutor to A3 - supported conservative rule; justified by orthodoxy, autocracy, nationality
Procurator of Holy Synod; russification
Statute of State Security
gave the government more powers to pursue revolutionaries; greater use of repression
Peasant Land Bank
1883; cheap loans for purchase of land
Bunge
finance minister; peasant land bank, abolish salt &poll tax, factory inspectorate, working conditions, state ownership of railway
Vyshnegradskii
balanced gov. budget
Medele’ev tariff –> Medele’ev famine
Witte
industrial focus, put Russia on Gold Standard, state control of industry, railway development
great spurt // criticism
Ignatiev memorandum
1976; blamed on Jews & lead to anti-semetic behaviour; pograms, confined to Pale & banned from civil service under A3
Land Captains
land owners appointed to supervise Zemstva;
Strengthen autocracy; reduce peasant self-government. Solely nobles; total authority in local admin; override Zemstva authority; undermine A2.