HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture 25: History 1DD3- Russia in the 19th Century Part 2
15 Nov 2016
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History 1dd3: russia in the 19th century part 2. Decembrist revolt: french revolutionary ideas turned out to be more difficult to suppress than had. In response to this direct challenge to tsarist authority, nicholas pursued a policy of. Official nationality, designed to neuter the demands for constitutionalism. The policy had three main props: 1. Orthodoxy: reaffirmed the centrality of eastern christianity to russian society and rejection secularism evident in enlightenment thought. This provided a conservative, traditional social glue: 2. Autocracy: reaffirmed the absolute authority of the tsar: 3. Nationality: called on the spirit of russian identity, an appeal to ethnic as opposed to constitutional nationalism. In an effort to enforce this policy, nicholas created a secret police called the third. Indeed, nicholas was determined to further expand russia, particularly at the expense of the ottomans: however, in 1850s russia found that other european states, particularly france and.
