Alexander 3rd policies 81-94

Question 1

Local government

Answer 1

Plans to destroy zemstva completely dropped

• Introduction of land captains, voting system

Question 2

Land captains

Answer 2

(1889)

• Drawn solely from nobility but still had total authority in local administrations

Question 3

New laws

Answer 3

Introduced in 1890 and 92 to alter the electrotate and reduce popular vote

• ST petersburg electrotate reduced by 2/3 from 21k to 7k

Question 4

More conservatism - peasentry and social policy changes

Answer 4

• Peasants experienced land captains and they feared that the third would bring back serfdom

Question 5

MIR in 1893

Answer 5

The 3rd banned peasants from leaving mir

Question 6

Power of the state

Answer 6

After the 2nd’s assassination statue of state security gave government more powers to pursue revolutionaries

Question 7

censorship

Answer 7

Government attempted limitations of circulation of “harmful” ideas in newspapers, books, libraries, education came under closure government control

Question 8

Pobedonostsev’s beliefs

Answer 8

Education for peasants was a waste of time and they should work in the farms helping their parents

Question 9

Holy Synod

Answer 9

• State head of orthodox church
• Under pobedonostev’s influence a strict policy of russification was enforced

Question 10

Narodnaya Volya (people’s will)

Answer 10

Group who assasinated the 2nd

• Blamed on jews by government leading to anti jew events turning into wave of 200+ pogroms ( lasted several years)

Question 11

Pogrom

Answer 11

Violent riot aimed at massacre or persecution of ethnic or other religious group specifically jews

Question 12

anti Semitic legislation

Answer 12

Banned jews from civil service, limited education, where they could live