Alex III as tsar
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- Created on: 02-06-21 21:35
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- Alex III as tsar
- terrified of revolutionary activity
- influenced by Pobedonostsev (his tutor)
- firmly believed in absolutism, nationalism and anti-semitism
- believed he alone could decide what was right for Russia
- duty of subjects wasn't to question but love and obey
- what he did at start of reign
- publicly hanged conspirators involved in father's assassination
- issued 'Manifesto of Unshakable Autocracy' and a law on exceptional measures in 1881
- abandoned Loris-Melikov's proposals
- accepted resignations of reforming ministers including Dmitry Milyutin
- relied heavily on conservatives instead
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