Repression under the Tsars
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- Created on: 31-12-18 10:12
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- Repression under Tsars
- Army
- Secret Police
- Propaganda
- Censorship
- Alexander II
- Glasnost (openness) experienced for the first time.
- Censorship was relaxed but the Government had the right to withdraw 'dangerous' materials
- Increase in the circulation of books and newspapers.
- Alexander III
- Due to his fathers assasination, his rule was reactionary
- Certain Newspapers, journals and ecucational institutions were closed down
- Everything was censored by officials before being published.
- Nicholas II
- Reverted to glasnost
- Expansion of the press - number of periodicals had a 3x increase
- Prepublication censorship dissappeared but publishers could be fined or closed down fro publishing subversive material
- The 'Kopek' (newspaper for the people - penny paper) reached a circulation of 25,000 in two years
- Alexander II
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