ALEXANDER III CONDENSED

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  • Alexander III
    • Background
      • crowned May 1881
      • Reactionary
      • arrested 150 peoples will and killed  responsible for father.
    • What he introduced
      • 1882 - anyone arrested, exiled, imprisoned
      • 1885 - closed court
      • 1889 - land captains
      • 1990 - reduced peasant vote zemstva
      • anti-semitism
        • pogroms 1881-84 and many jews murdered
    • Russification - enforcing of russian language
      • 37,000 baltic lutherans converted
      • worked short term - nicholas weak
    • economics
      • vyshnegradsky 1887-92
        • import tariffs 30% and loans from France
      • Witte 1892-1903
        • rouble gold standard, more loans, investment in industry e.g. railway

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