Alexander III Flashcards
Tutor
Konstantin Pobodonostev
Loris Melikov constitution
‘senseless dreams’
What did he abandon on accession
Loris Melikov constitution
Anti-semitism
Pogroms
The Pale of Settlement
Reign influenced by, and why
Alexander II’s reign
Growth of radicalism and terrorism in the 1860s and 1870s- assassination
Alexander III as a person
Limited preparation- only heir from 1865
Strong nationalist- ‘rotten liberalism’
Konstantin Pobodonostev
Committed to the 3 Russian principles
Critique of parliamentary democracy
Alexander III’s senior appointments
Preference for military men who followed orders, eg Dmitri Tolstoi
Alexander III’s policies
New regulations on censorship
New university regulations
Russification and nationalities policy