Ultra-reactionary (opposes change) tutor to Nicholas II, also tutored Alexander III
Highest lay member of the Synod. strongly avocated russfication prioritising russian cuulture over minorities slavs described as inherently lazy; Russia portrayed as "an icy desert and an abode of the Bad Man." regarded constitutions as 'fundemental evil'
Why Tsar believe Pobedonostev is correct?
Tsar Alexander II, the 'Tsar-Liberator', assassinated by terrorists in March 1881. death triggered reactionary period
