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ALEZANDER I
*opened to liberal ideas
* eased censorship and promoted education
*talked about freeing the serfs
*he feared rasing support of nobles
* joined the conservative powers in oppsing iberal and nationalist impulses in eruope -
NICHOLAS I
** embarced the three pillars of pussian absolutism symbolized inthemotto "orthoadxy autocary and nationalism"
* nicholas realized that russia needs to modernize
*he issued economic reforms
*tired to limit the powers of landowners
*he couldnt find a way to change the system completly without angering russia nobles and weaking the power of czar -
ALEXANDER II
- came to the throne in 1855 during the crimean war
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alexander III
*He reversed some of the liberal measures of his predecessor, his father, Alexander II
*In foreign affairs Alexander III was a man of peace, but not of peace at any price, and held that the best means of averting war is to be well prepared for
*Alexander III became ill with nephritis in 1894, and died of this disease at the Livadia Palace -
BLOODY SUNDAY
*fearing the marches the czar fled the palace and called in soliders as the people approached
*they saw troops lined up across the square
*suddenly gunfire rang out ,men and wwomen ran and fell
* there was a lote of dead or wounded in the snow left behide -
.revolution of 1905
*in some cities , workers took over local government
*peasants revolted and commanded
* a minority of nationalist called for autonomy from russia
*terrosti targeted officals -
nicholas II
*Under his rule, Russia was defeated in the Russo-Japanese War
* was involed in bloody sunday and the revolution of 1905
*Nicholas II ruled from 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917