26 Facts About Konstantin Pobedonostsev

Konstantin Pobedonostsev warned of the negative element in Russia, portraying democratic and liberal movements as enemies of the national and religious unity of the Russian people.

Konstantin Pobedonostsev opined that the task of achieving a harmonious society meant there was a collective responsibility to uphold political and religious unity, which justified the close supervision of Russian behaviour and thinking as a necessity.

Konstantin Pobedonostsev's father, Pyotr Vasilyevich Konstantin Pobedonostsev, was a professor of literature at Moscow State University.

In 1865, young Nicholas died, and Konstantin Pobedonostsev was invited to teach Nicholas's brother Alexander.

In 1866, Konstantin Pobedonostsev moved to a permanent residence in St Petersburg.

Konstantin Pobedonostsev became a member of the Council of the Empire, and in 1880, Chief Procurator of the Most Holy Synod.

Konstantin Pobedonostsev was the mastermind of Manifesto on Unshakeable Autocracy of 29 April 1881, which proclaimed that the absolute power of the Tsar was unshakable, thus putting an end to Loris-Melikov's endeavours to establish a representative body in the empire.

Konstantin Pobedonostsev was an uncompromising conservative and never shrank from boldly expressing his staunch opinions.

On March 8,1901, Nikolai Lagovsky, a socialist civil servant and statistician, tried to kill Konstantin Pobedonostsev, shooting through the window of Konstantin Pobedonostsev's office.

Konstantin Pobedonostsev fired six times and all missed his target.

Konstantin Pobedonostsev was fictionalized as old senator Ableukhov in Andrey Bely's novel Petersburg.

Konstantin Pobedonostsev is generally regarded as one of the most educated European jurists of the 19th century.

Konstantin Pobedonostsev held the view that human nature is sinful, rejecting the ideals of freedom and independence as dangerous delusions of nihilistic youth.

Konstantin Pobedonostsev despised representative government, and denounced the notion of an all-Russian parliament.

Konstantin Pobedonostsev condemned Social Darwinism as an erroneous generalisation of Darwin's Theory of Evolution.

Konstantin Pobedonostsev denounced democracy as "the insupportable dictatorship of vulgar crowd".

Konstantin Pobedonostsev argued that parliaments, trial by jury, freedom of the press, and secular education were undesirable alien nostrums.

Konstantin Pobedonostsev subjected all of them to a severe analysis in his Reflections of a Russian Statesman.

Konstantin Pobedonostsev once stated that Russia should be "frozen in time", showing his undivided commitment to autocracy.

Konstantin Pobedonostsev particularly advised the anti-Jewish measures taken during Alexander III's administration.

Konstantin Pobedonostsev was a supporter of Baron Maurice de Hirsch's efforts for Jewish colonization in Argentina.

Konstantin Pobedonostsev had originally welcomed the Great Reforms that Alexander II undertook in the 1860s-1870s.

Konstantin Pobedonostsev decided that a deeper spiritual unity of the tsar and his people was needed to restore stability to Russia.

Konstantin Pobedonostsev did develop a social program for the Church while limiting its autonomy.

Konstantin Pobedonostsev carried out major Church reforms, but they resulted in a church that by 1900 was enmeshed in bureaucracy, alienated in many ways from society, resentful of secular authorities, and divided internally.

Stagnation in church and state policies prevailed until Konstantin Pobedonostsev retired in 1905.