ALEXANDER III AS TSAR Flashcards
when did Alex III reign from?
1881 - 94.
what was Alex III terrified of?
revolutionary.
and who was Alex III strongly influenced by?
his tutor - Pobedonostev.
what three things did Pobedonostev strongly believe in?
nationalism, absolutism and anti-semitism.
what is nationalism?
the belief in the importance, unity and superiority of a nation.
what is absolutism?
a system of government, where all political power is concentrated in the hand of one ruler.
give two dramatic things he did at the start of his reign?
- publicly hanged the ppl involved in his fathers assassination (II).
- issues the 1881 “manifesto of unshakeable autocracy.”
local government - nobles were reinstated to ..?
positions of authority.
what was created in 1889?
the office of noble “land captains” was created.
what did the office of noble “land captains” do?
they could over ride elections to the zemstva +disregard zemstvo decisions.
