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Alexanders I & II Nick Weiler

Alexanders I & II Nick Weiler. Alexander I : Overview of his Rule . Born in St. Petersburg in 1777 Heir to throne when father Paul I was murdered Foreign Policy: Russia’s military involvement in Napoleonic Wars Domestic Policy: Initially reform-minded, reforms failed. Napoleonic Wars.

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Alexanders I & II Nick Weiler

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  1. AlexandersI & IINick Weiler

  2. Alexander I: Overview of his Rule • Born in St. Petersburg in 1777 • Heir to throne when father Paul I was murdered • Foreign Policy: Russia’s military involvement in Napoleonic Wars • Domestic Policy: Initially reform-minded, reforms failed

  3. Napoleonic Wars • Russian indecisiveness • French Invasion of Russia in 1812 • French defeat in 1814 by Russia, Austria, and Prussia • Warring leads to war-torn Russia, Alexander’s failure to reform after victory

  4. Domestic Policy • Initial optimism… • Reform judicial system • Educational reforms • Eventual reform failure: • Decline of Russian universities and censorship • Military settlements • Suppressed liberalism and nationalism to increase hold on government • “Police state” • Young intellectuals turn to secret revolutionary organizations • Indicative of desire of populace for progression and change

  5. Alexander II: Abolition of Serfdom • Abolished serfdom despite opposition from nobility in 1861 • Emancipation law was disappointing • Serfs were hardly better off • No free title to land • Had to pay landlords over forty-nine years • Peasant farmers…

  6. Reform Efforts • Nobles given role in zemstvos, local councils, though they were underfunded and ineffective • Judicial system westernized • Equality before law • Impartial hearings • Though still corrupt and ineffective…

  7. Critics of Reign and Revolutionaries • Nobles and serfs unhappy with reforms • Generally unpopular • Eventually Russia became a “police state” and repression ensued after an attempt was made on Alexander’s life • Russia’s intellectuals initially hopeful, discontented with limited reform • Alexander II assassinated by The People’s Will

  8. Relation to C+P • Destitute citizens of St. Petersburg a result of lack of reform • Raskol no longer studying because of negative reforms to education system… • Strict censorship/”police state” • Revolutionary feelings of time • Raskol takes justice into his own hands by killing

  9. Assassination of Alexander II • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BeiYZcGejE

  10. Work Cited • "Alexander I of Russia Biography." Biography Base Home. Web. 05 Dec. 2011. <http://www.biographybase.com/biography/alexander_i_of_russia.html>. •  "Alexander I of Russia." SCCS - Swarthmore College Computer Society. Web. 05 Dec. 2011. <http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/08/ajb/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Alexander_I_of_ Russia.html>. •  "Alexander II of Russia Biography." Biography Base Home. Web. 05 Dec. 2011. <http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Alexander_II_of_Russia.html>. •  "Emperors and Empresses of Russia - Alexander I." Angelfire: Welcome to Angelfire. Web. 05 Dec. 2011. <http://www.angelfire.com/pa/ImperialRussian/royalty/russia/tsar15.html>. • Kagan, Donald, Steven E. Ozment, and Frank M. Turner. The Western Heritage: since 1300. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007. Print.

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