Alexander and opposition
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- Alexander and reaction
- Polish revolt 1863.
- The death of Alexanders eldest son and heir.
- His new mistress Caterina Dolgoniki who distracted him and made him spend less time away from his Liberal relatives.
- Attempted assassination before the real thing.
- Alexander appointed reactionary ministers such as Tolstoy, Shuvalov and Timashev who persuaded him that Westernisation was ruining Russia.
- Education
- Primary schools returned to the church
- Zemstva influence was restricted.
- The gymnazii could no longer teach science.
- Students from vocational colleges could no longer go to uni.
- Student organisations were banned.
- The results
- Religious control was reasserted.
- Restricted curriculum
- Females were denied education
- Many students escaped this and just went and studied abroad.
- Military and economic reforms continued but other reforms were halted or even reversed.
- Police and the law courts
- Work of the Third section increased.
- Results
- Opposition thrived underground.
- Results
- Work of the Third section increased.
- Cultural reforms.
- Poles lost their rights
- Russian culture was forced on minorities 'Russification'
- Censorship tightened.
- Results
- Hostility towards none Russians
- New opposition emerged.
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