BACKGROUND OF ALEXANDER III

KEY AIMS OF A. III

METHODS AND POLICIES TO ACHIEVE THE STRENGTHENING OF AUTOCRACY

CENSORSHIP

Russification and anti-semitism

Economic Policies

SUCCESSES OF ECONOMIC POLICIES
1. The abolishment of the POLL TAX and the introduction of the Peasants Land Bank in 1882

SUCCESSES OF ECONOMIC POLICIES
2. Finance Minister

SUCCESSES OF SOCIAL + POLITICAL
1. Supporters of A. III

FAILURES- ECONOMIC
1. Laws to improve working conditions

2. FAMINE (1891-1892)

3. Refusal to modernize Russia socially and politically (opposed western ideas)

SOCIAL+ POLITICAL FAILURES

1. Oppression during A. III's reign

2. Execution of Lenin's brother in 1887

3. Finance Minister’s focus on exporting grain to fund for industrialization

4. New role played by the Zemstva

OVERALL ASSESSMENT OF ALEXANDER III
PART ONE

PART TWO

PART THREE

GREATEST FAILURE PART ONE
1. REFUSAL TO MODERNIZE RUSSIA

GREATEST FAILURE- PART TWO
2. FAILURE TO REFORM AUTOCRACY

COMPARE/CONTRAST B/W ALEXANDER II AND ALEXANDER III

SIMILARITIES

COMPARE/CONTRAST B/W ALEXANDER II AND ALEXANDER III

CONTRASTS

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