NOG -Ideology & style of rule

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  • Ideology & style of rule
    • ALEXANDER 2 continued father’s slogan of ‘Orthodoxy, Authority & Nationality’.
      • Known as ‘the liberator’ but remains autocratic.
    • ALEXANDER III promotes autocracy through brute force at times.
      • A3 known as ‘the reaction’.
    • NICHOLAS II promote autocracy through brute force at times.
      • NICHOLAS 2 reverts back to autocracy after 1905 Revolution by introducing 1906 ‘Fundamental laws’.
      • ALEXANDER III promotes autocracy through brute force at times.
        • A3 known as ‘the reaction’.
    • PG is uber liberal ideologically, and lack of repression will cause downfall.
    • LENIN is committed Marxist and Russia is now a communist, worker-led state.
      • Lenin justifies ‘dictatorship of the proletariat’, to allow Russia to make this change to acommunist society.
      • Violence justified to defend the revolution against bourgeoise.
    • STALIN builds upon this with ‘totalitarian’ style of rule, which is reinforced by use of propaganda and repression.
      • Brutality & terror justified by upcoming war fears in 1930s, and monumental struggle in WW2.
        • Cold War tensions justify repression.
      • KHRUSHCHEV’s emphasis on de-Stalinising Russia, but still autocratic ruler & one party state.
        • Cold War tensions justify repression.
        • Loses power due to being too‘liberal’ for party members.
    • KHRUSHCHEV’s emphasis on de-Stalinising Russia, but still autocratic ruler & one party state.
      • Loses power due to being too‘liberal’ for party members.

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