Was Alexander II A Reactionary Tsar? Flashcards
1
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why Alexander II could be considered a reactionary tsar
A
- Assassination attempts
- ⬇️ in liberal influences
- Concerns over ethnic minorites
- Appoint a conservtive minister
2
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WHt were the educational reactions?
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- Education became more conservative - no more liberal subjects
- Church has control of schooling again
- ⬆️ censorship
- teachers trained to promote autocracy
- ## Gimnazi schools = conservative schools
3
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Who became the minister of education?
A
Dimitri Tolstoy
HE WAS CONSERVATIVE
4
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What were the Policing, law & control reactions
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- Pyotor strengthened the 3rd section
- ⬆️ Persecution of ethnic minorites
- used ‘show trials’ as a deterrent but failed and switched to secret courts in 1878
- ⬆️ search and arrests
5
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What was the Loris-Melkinov constitution and the context behind it
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Due to the worsening policitcal situations and he attempts made on the tsars life he bang making liberal reforms like the relaxation of censorship or lifting the restrictions on the Zemtva
The LMC was a report of the zemtvas requests for more national power.
It was agreed and signed by the tsar on 13th march 1881. - on that same day the tsar was assassinated by a bomb
6
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When was the tsar killed
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13th march 1881
