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A convinced traditionalist |
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Rejected political change |
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Tried hard to limit the effect of the many reforms that had already
been implemented under his father |
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The coercive apparatus of the state, including the secret police,
was given unlimited prerogatives |
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Laws on local administration were revised in order to put zemstvos
under the tight supervision of the central government |
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The popular press was subjected to rigorous censorship
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These retrograde measures served merely to antagonise further the
left-wing opposition |
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The radicals’ doctrines became ever more extreme |
