? starter activity

1
Read about the problems facing Alexander III
when he came to power in 1881 on p.11-12.
?Extension. Decide which was the most urgent
problem he faced.
? starter activity
Alexander III (1881-94)
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Problems

• Unexpectedly became Tsar
• Challenges of governing huge Russian Empire
• Alexander IIs reforms had increased popular
  expectations
• Pressures from advisers Westernisers
  Slavophiles
• New political classes demanding more political
  participation

3
Did Alexander III undo all of his fathers
reforms?
? Key words slavophile
? LOs

• To identify at least 5 major problems facing
  Alexander III and evaluate how successfully he
  dealt with them

4
? Your task
Note-taking skills

• Read p.13-16 and record as a spider diagram the
  measures Alexander III used to assert his
  authority after his fathers death. Focus on
  these areas
• The government
• The justice system
• The press
• Education
• Ethnic minorities
• Financial reform

? If you were the Tsar which areas would you
judge to be most successful. How would this be
different if your were a peasant farmer?
5
Sort the cards into 2 piles Alexander II III.
Categorise the cards, e.g. economy, society
?On balance who did more to avert a revolution?
6
What were the similarities and differences in
Russia between the start and the end of Alexander
IIIs reign?
Alexander III (1881-1894) 6 3 tall!
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? Extension

• Produce a presentation / factoid on Konstantin
  Pobedonostev, chief procurator of the Holy Synod
  and one of Alexander IIIs closest advisers
• Read Ch15, p.148-155 (Sixmith) and take note on
  Alexander IIIs achievements and failings

8
? Plenary

• List 5 reforms introduced by Alexander III
• How accurate is the view that Alexander II was
  the great liberator and his son Alexander III was
  a great reactionary?

Alexander III
Alexander II
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? Homework

• Complete the table your teacher provides using
  p.12-17
• ? Extension. Supplement your notes with Oxley,
  p.42-51

Alexander III with his family
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? Extension

• Produce a factoid (1 side A4) on Tsar Nicholas
  II. Include the following
• Early life
• His family
• Years in government
• Key achievements / failings
• ?Include juicy quotes from contemporaries and
  historians