Alexander The Third Similarities

During the period of 1855-1894, Imperial Russia had two autocrats who took two different stances- Alexander the second and alexander the third. Alexander the second was known as the great liberator due to his succesfully emancipating the Russian serfs who made up ninety percent of the population , While Alexander the third is known as the great reactionary because he chose to return russia to its traditional roots after the assassination of Alexander the second. Alexander the second was more liberal not just in policies , but also in character than his conservative successor Alexander the third.

Alexander the second and the third had many qualities and beliefs that were similar ,but it was due to the nature of tsardom that created the similarities.Alexander

Alexander the second was tutored by a liberal poet - Fyodor Dostoevsky, and was allowed to travel russia when he was nineteen years old allowing him to see the condition of russia and sympathize with its citizens who were mostly serfs.Unlike Alexander the second Alexander the third was raised by a conservative tutor- Pobedonostsev - who especially stressed on the traditional Russia. Pobedonostsev wanted one-third the jews to convert, one-third to flee russia, and one-third of them to die. Also Alexander the third spent most of his life in one part of Russia before taking the throne, because of this he did not see the plight of the russian citizens his father had.Lastly Alexander the second was an opened-minded man, he surrounded himself with both strong headed liberal and conservatives and thought of himself as the moderator, whilst Alexander mostly firer all the liberal ministers and replaced them with traditionalists. All these factors attributes to Alexander the second being more liberal than Alexander the third , due to him being influenced by liberal teachings and seeing the peasants plight.Thus Alexander the second is more liberal than his