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1
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When was the university statute?

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1887

2
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What happened in 1887?

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University Statute

3
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What was the university statute?

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1887

4
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What did the university Statute do?

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Bought university under the government

Controlling education

5
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When was the Zemstva act?

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1890

6
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What act was released in 1890?

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Zemstva act

7
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What did the Zemstva act allow?

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Reducing power of the local council
Empowered government officials
Promoting autocracy

8
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What did the assassination of predecessors mean?

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Lack of reform installed into Nicholas’ upbringing

9
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What caused a lack of reform to be installed in Nicholas’ upbringing?

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Assassination of predecessors

10
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What did Pobedonstsev post in 1864?

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Course of Civil law?

11
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What did the Course of Civil law contain?

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Trained Russian legal experts in Nicholas’ reign

12
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What did Pobedstov become in 1880?

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Chief Procurator of Holy Synod

13
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When did Pobedstov become Chief Procurator of Holy Synod?

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1880

14
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When did Pobedonstsev loose his influence

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1894

15
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Why did Pobedonstsev loose his influence in 1894?

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People wanted modernisation

16
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What was Pobedstov known as

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Grand inquisitor

17
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When was the Statue of State security?

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1881

18
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What happened in 1881?

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Statue of State Security

19
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What were the Statute of State security?

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Special courts which were outside of the legal system with no fairness

20
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What happened to judges who were sympathetic towards those with liberal views?

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They were removed

21
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What did Pobedstov support?

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Pogroms

22
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What was made the official language

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Russian

23
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What happened to people who couldn’t speak Russian?

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Couldn’t attend proceedings

24
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Who did the public close to?

A

Those who didn’t speak fluent Fussian

25
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How many measures were placed on Jews?

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600

26
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On what national minority was 600 measures placed on?

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Jews

27
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What was formed by the Jews

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Bund or union

28
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What legal process did he dismiss?

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Trial and jury

29
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What was the impact of removing trial by jury

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Stop growth of liberal ideas

30
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What happened to the public office

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Closed to those who didn’t speak English

31
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What were the nationalities who were most affected

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Baltic Germans
Poles
Finns

32
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What did Pobedenestov say about representative governments?

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‘The greatest lie of our time’

33
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What did Pobedenstov say was ‘The greatest lie of our time’?

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Representative governments