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- Nature of autocratic rule: Orthodoxy, anti-Semitism and the Okhrana
- Promoting Orthodoxy
- Konstantin Pobedonoste
- advised Tsar to promote Orthodoxy as part of Russian identity
- between 1894-1902, Nicholas introduced;
- Number of parish clergy to increase 60%
- tenfold increase in church schools and the number of students educated around 15 times
- Orthodox missionaries sent to establish new churches in Baltic states
- number of people converting doubled in the period 1881-1902
- In urban areas there was a decline in Orthodox Church attendance
- Persecuting other faiths
- No Christian churches other than Orthodoxy Church were allowed to Proselytise
- Catholic, Protetsant and Islamic schools closed down and replaced with government run schools
- Russina government confiscated property of Armenian Church
- Konstantin Pobedonoste
- Anti-Semitism
- Education
- 10% of students at University within the pale of Jewish settlement
- 3% of Jews lived in Russia's major cities, Moscow and St Petersburg
- Residency
- restriction on where Jews could live
- The May laws
- banned Jews form living in Rural areas
- repealed in 1905
- cities such as Moscow and Kiev there were campaigns to expel Jews from cities
- The May laws
- restriction on where Jews could live
- Violence
- number of pogroms increased dramatically
- In 1903 and 1904 there were 49 pogroms
- number of pogroms increased dramatically
- Emigration
- Due to growing violence Jews left Russia
- Many emigrated to the US
- Minority emigrated to Argentina and PEry
- seen as a good solution to the 'Jewish problem' by Russian Government
- Due to growing violence Jews left Russia
- Education
- The Okhrana
- Had a reputation for being 'all-powerful, all-knowing and all-capable'
- relatively small consisting of 2,500 agents in 1900
- University lIfe
- Banned clubs and society's on university campuses
- emphasised that students should study traditional subjects only
- banned women form higher education
- surveillance
- Okharana had engaged in widespread surveillance
- by 1900 had records on 55,000 people, 5,000 publications by revolutionary groups and 20,000 pictures of expected radicals
- Promoting Orthodoxy
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