Alexander III of Russia
1845 – 1894 Russian Emperor of Russia
The reactionary tsar who rolled back reforms and tightened the autocracy.
- Religion
- Deeply devout Russian Orthodox; his adviser Pobedonostsev tied throne and Church tightly together and pushed Russification of religious minorities.
- Affiliations
- House of Romanov; reversed his father's liberalism in a period of reaction and counter-reform.
After his father's assassination, Alexander III abandoned reform and ruled as a firm conservative. He strengthened the police state, promoted Russian Orthodoxy and Russification, and kept Russia at peace with the other great powers. His premature death left the throne to his unprepared son Nicholas II.
Connections
- family of Alexander II of Russia — His father, whose reforms he reversed.
- family of Alexander II of Russia — His son, who reacted against his reforms after his murder.
- associate of Konstantin Pobedonostsev — His pupil and the tsar whose reactionary reign he shaped.
- associate of Konstantin Pobedonostsev — His tutor and chief ideologue of Orthodox autocracy.
- family of Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) — Her husband, the tsar.
- family of Nicholas II — His father, whose throne he inherited.
- family of Nicholas II — His son and successor, the last tsar.