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Russia

Russia. BY, Chance Young Zach Walker. Alexander I (1801-1825). At the beginning of the 19 th century Russia was a rural, agricultural, and autocratic. The Russian Tsar was still considered a divine right monarch.

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Russia

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  1. Russia BY, Chance Young Zach Walker

  2. Alexander I (1801-1825) At the beginning of the 19th century Russia was a rural, agricultural, and autocratic. The Russian Tsar was still considered a divine right monarch. Because of this idea the Tsar had complete control over many aspects of life. Alexander growing up in the enlightenment, gave him many ideas of reform. Some of these ideas were relaxed censorship, the freeing of political prisoners, and reform to education. Because of these reforms secret societies were formed to stop him. Fun fact: He was believed to have faked his death and to become a monk by the name of Kuzmich. His coffin was opened in the 1920’s to show he didn’t abandon the throne… but it was found empty.

  3. Secret Societies Some secret societies of this time period were, The Union of Salvation (1816), The Union of Welfare(1818), The Northern Society (1821), and the Southern Society (1821). One of the more well known societies, The Northern Society, was made up of young aristocrats who served for their country as soldiers. Because of this they saw the world and began to see how much better it could potentially become. They favored the constitutional monarchy. With the death (abandonment) of Alexander I (1825) this gave them the chance they needed in order to attempt reform (But sadly there was no hope…).

  4. Succession of the throne After the death of Alexander I his brother Constantine was the heir, but renounced it so his brother Nicholas could become Tsar. The renouncement of the throne was not made public, and much confusion came from this. With this confusion the Northern Society’s military leaders decided to make there revolutionary move.

  5. Nicholas I (1825-1855) With the country in turmoil, the Northern Union rebelled against the succession of Nicholas. Nicholas Crushed this rebellion on the first day of his reign showing his strength as a ruler. Because of his fear of revolution in his country Nicholas passed many new ideas. He served his country’s best interests with what he saw fit. Many of his methods and actions seemed very harsh and inadequate. Some of these ideas or methods were: “strengthened bureaucracy and secret police, given tsar’s chancellery given power over almost all Russian life, and deported suspicious or dangerous people. Because of this there was never a revolution in Russia while he was ruler over his country. Because of his strong beliefs against revolution he became know as the “Policeman of Europe”.

  6. THE END

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