Western Civilization II / Unit 11 WC2 1018 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Alexander I and Nicholas I: Autocracy, Orthodoxy, Nationality
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The idea
Russia, like Britain, had no revolution, but for opposite reasons: agricultural and autocratic. Alexander I saw the Revolution as an abomination and the Holy Alliance as a mission. Nicholas I built the Third Section police and, in eighteen thirty-two, the formula autocracy, orthodoxy, nationality.
In practice
Siberia for a remark or a book, the anchor says.
Where people slip
Russia crushed Hungary for Austria in eighteen forty-eight.
Your place on the trail
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