Measuring the Success of Alexander III in Tackling the Problems of the Tsarist Regime
How successful was Alexander III in tackling the problems of the Tsarist regime?
Tsar Alexander III was forced onto the throne after his father’s assassination in 1881. He had fears of maybe having the same fate of his father, therefore leading onto him making changes to the Tsarist regime bringing it back to a doctoral style of government. Alexander wanted to ensure that all power was again entrusted to the Tsar and to do this he had to restrict the zemstva’s power as the zemstva meant the power of the Tsar was spread to separate towns. He did this by replacing the locally elected justices of peace for land captains. Land captains are elected people from the landed classes and were appointed by the minister of the interior. Alexander wanted to retain central control. Alexander also needed to get rid of any political opposition; he started off by getting rid of anyone who wanted political control. He got rid of all his father’s ministers and brought in his own this includes Pobedonostsev. Pobedonostsev was the one who created the manifesto which declared the Tsar absolute political power. Alexander wanted to ensure his that the group ‘the Peoples Will’ was destroyed. He then introduced the statute of state security. This allowed the government to arrest and trial any political opponent without a jury.
Russia was a huge multi-racial empire: 55% was Russian, 22% was Ukrainians, 8% was polish, 5.8% was Belarusians, 5% was Jews and many more. Due to all of these races Alexander wanted to ensure that Russia remained Russian. He did this by a policy of ‘Russification’. This policy insists on the use of the Russian language. This also meant any official documents had to be in Russian and all schools and textbooks had to also be in Russian. This caused a lot of disturbance especially in central Asia where people where Muslim.
Alexander realised that even though Russia was very large in size and was considered as a great power it lacked in finances. Its main
Tsar Alexander III was forced onto the throne after his father’s assassination in 1881. He had fears of maybe having the same fate of his father, therefore leading onto him making changes to the Tsarist regime bringing it back to a doctoral style of government. Alexander wanted to ensure that all power was again entrusted to the Tsar and to do this he had to restrict the zemstva’s power as the zemstva meant the power of the Tsar was spread to separate towns. He did this by replacing the locally elected justices of peace for land captains. Land captains are elected people from the landed classes and were appointed by the minister of the interior. Alexander wanted to retain central control. Alexander also needed to get rid of any political opposition; he started off by getting rid of anyone who wanted political control. He got rid of all his father’s ministers and brought in his own this includes Pobedonostsev. Pobedonostsev was the one who created the manifesto which declared the Tsar absolute political power. Alexander wanted to ensure his that the group ‘the Peoples Will’ was destroyed. He then introduced the statute of state security. This allowed the government to arrest and trial any political opponent without a jury.
Russia was a huge multi-racial empire: 55% was Russian, 22% was Ukrainians, 8% was polish, 5.8% was Belarusians, 5% was Jews and many more. Due to all of these races Alexander wanted to ensure that Russia remained Russian. He did this by a policy of ‘Russification’. This policy insists on the use of the Russian language. This also meant any official documents had to be in Russian and all schools and textbooks had to also be in Russian. This caused a lot of disturbance especially in central Asia where people where Muslim.
Alexander realised that even though Russia was very large in size and was considered as a great power it lacked in finances. Its main