AREA OF POLICY POLITICS

political beliefs and attitudes pol. reforms undertaken

ALEXANDER II.

ALEXANDER III.

attitude to opposition groups

'udicial policies

attitude to minorities

RELIGIOUS views and politics

disliked liberalism after his fathers assassination he became a reactionary believed that autocracy should be maintained zemstva, Dumas: allowed people to elect reasserted stardom to the full reaction and repression representatives increased governmental control and landowners power he was thinking about creating a parliament in zemstva oris !erlikov tightened up censorship press was allowed to write about government more votes for landowners later he tightened up more tolerant, allowed "#!$ criticism e.g. terrorists were hanged or sentenced to long terms of press writing about politics imprisonment didnt tolerate opposition secret police detected and arrested opposition didnt tolerate too critical people % arbitrary increased governmental control over courts & arrest government intervened in the work of 'udges open trials maintained the separate courts 'udges were appointed for lifetime more cases of arbitrary arrest better trained 'udges ()s *local 'udges+ were abolished werent independent bigger governmental control over 'urisdiction separate courts remained intervened in trials pressured 'udges to make a certain arbitrary arrests decision allowed other languages e.g. ,innish pogrom *organised persecution of an ethnic group+ o police allowed people to attack (ews, even at their initial rela-ation to )oland more autonomy home liberalisation of controls of (ews o they had to live in a determined place but this area ./0 because of revolts he later went back on was reduced these reforms o they werent allowed to own land didnt have the same opportunities in education couldnt become officers 1ussification: o 1u. literature, history, traditions were taught in schools o everyone had to use 1ussian language *in schools, offices+ didnt have such policies more of a liberal gave dominance to the #rthodo- 2hurch minded type than a religious type gave money to build churches, organise more religious ceremonies

POLICIESSOCIAL AND ECONOMIC

tried to encourage people to convert to #rthodo- faith gave back schools to the 2hurch religious teaching in schools although he gave autonomy to universities, later increased class bias tried to keep out class people he reduced it from school reduced class bias universities were completely under governmental control