Alexander III- Reaction and Counter-Reform
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- Created on: 11-05-13 15:27
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- Alexander III- Reaction and Counter-Reform
- Central Government
- Alexander rejected the Loris-Melikov reform proposals his father had made
- Ensured autocracy would in no way be altered
- Published the "Manifesto of Unshakable Autocracy"
- Ensured autocracy would in no way be altered
- Alexander rejected the Loris-Melikov reform proposals his father had made
- Police Crackdown
- Tsar used the Third Section to hunt down political opposition
- Within days of becoming Tsar, he had arrested 150 Populists and executed 5, responsible for his father's death
- Overall, more than 10,000 opponents were arrested
- Censorship was also tightened up
- Tsar used the Third Section to hunt down political opposition
- Land Captains (1889)
- Land captains were local officials appointed by the tsar, usually chosen from the local nobility.
- Overrule decisions made by the zemstva
- Order physical punishments of anyone who failed to pay their tax
- Punish small crimes
- Appoint the volost courts (previously done by peasants)
- Greatly undermined the power and independence of zemstvas whilst limiting the legal reforms of Alexander II
- Land captains were local officials appointed by the tsar, usually chosen from the local nobility.
- Legal Changes (1885)
- Allowed the Tsar and his government to exercise greater control over the legal system
- "Closed court sessions" were re-introduced for a number of crimes
- The accused would be tried in secret without a jury and no press reporting
- Allowed the Tsar to quickly deal with anyone who spoke out against the regime
- The accused would be tried in secret without a jury and no press reporting
- Central Government
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