Alexander III policies Flashcards
what was emergency measures
establishment of emergency powers put Russia in a state of repression. give Russia more centralised power, ministers could do more or less what they wanted if they considered public order to be at threat
-restricted gatherings of more then twelve people
-arrest anyone for political crimes
-emergency police
-set up courts outside the judicial system
-censorship was tightened
what did the what did the Okrana do and control
1882 a decree states that the Okrana could put anyone to a subject of surveillance.
sinister and effective body
read mail
cab drivers
arrested
appointed land captains and ministers to take control, which were powerful could overrule courts at a district level
10,000 arrests alexander Ulyanov
revolutionary activities during AIII
after every revolutionary attempt there was a wave of arrest 100,000
Okrana and emergency measures provided little scope for revolutionaries
The death of Alexander III
1894
Zemstva act
Reduce independence
became more centralised
And out under the ministry of interior
Provincial governors could veto their decisions
Changed to favour landowners
Still improved and helped w famine
municple government act
0,7 percent of the population could vote and favoured landowners and nobles
legal roll back reforms
The government wanted to regain some of the power passed to the judicial system under Alexander II
Court martial were used to try sensitive cases to avoid publicity
The minister of justice could order a trial to be held in private
Crimes agaisnt the state could be heard in special courts without a jury
Judges were directly appointed
The justices of peace were abolished and mainly passed over to land captains
Education in 1884
The university statue brought in strict con5rols on the university
Reducing their autonomy and student freedom
university staff Were appointed by minister of education
University for women We’re closed
The church was given more control over primary education
