ALEX III Flashcards
1
Q
pressures in the late 1870s
A
- Russo- Turkish war 1877-78
- Famine 1879-80
- Industrial recession
- Pressure from reactionary conservatives
- Attempted assassinations 1879-80
2
Q
education (Tolstoy)
A
- zemstva’s powers over education were reduced
- church regained its authority over rural schools
- universities had a tighter curriculum to increase Tsar control rather to improve education
3
Q
Police, Law and control (Shuvalov)
A
strengthened the police and increased the persecution of ethnic and religious minorities
- There were trials that made examples of the ‘political agitators’
- Political offenders could be exiled and prosecuted
- ‘Show trials’ were held to deter others
4
Q
Local government
A
- Nobles were reinstated to positions of authority and state authority increased.
- universities for women and lower class were closed
- By 1897 only 21% of the population were illiterate
5
Q
judicial system
A
1885, 1887 and 1889 gave greater powers to the ministry of justice
- 1887, qualifications raised for jurors
- 1889 land captains decided the peasants fate in the peasants courts
6
Q
peasants land bank 1883
A
peasants could borrow land?
