POBEDONOSTSEV, KONSTANTIN PETROVICH°
- POBEDONOSTSEV, KONSTANTIN PETROVICH°
- POBEDONOSTSEV, KONSTANTIN PETROVICH° (1827–1907), Russian
statesman and jurist. From 1860 until 1865 he was professor of civil law
at the University of Moscow. During the years 1880 to 1905,
Pobedonostsev acted as Supreme Prosecutor of the Holy Synod, a function
which resembled that of minister of religious affairs, except that his
behind-the-scenes influence on the czar and the government greatly
surpassed his official responsibilities. Pobedonostsev fostered the idea
of maintaining a regime of absolute power, with the support of the
police and the Church, and strove for the Russification of all the
peoples of Russia. Under his influence the Synod intensified its
persecutions of the sects that had broken away from the official Church
as well as other religions. In 1905, with the partial victories of the
revolutionary movement and the limitations on the czar's absolute power,
Pobedonostsev resigned from his duties. His hatred of the Jews stemmed
from the belief that, because the Jews were a more talented people than
the Russians, it was likely that in time they would dominate the latter
both materially and intellectually.
Pobedonostsev supported the anti-Jewish legislation ("may Laws")
of 1882, and the law of 1887 limiting the percentage of Jews in schools,
and he rejected decisions of the Pahlen Commission of 1887 which might
be considered favorable to Jews. In 1891 he supported the program of
Baron hirsch for the emigration of 3 million Jews from Russia
within 25 years. He objected to the idea that the
jewish colonization association (ICA) be granted
authorization to settle Jews on land within the Russian Empire. The
famous remark concerning the fate of the Jews of Russia – "One-third
will die, one third will leave the country, and the last third will be
completely assimilated within the Russian people" – has been attributed
to Pobedonostsev. Collections of his letters and other writings which
reveal much of his thought have been published (e.g., K.P.
Pobedonostsev i yego korrespondenty, 1923), along with a memoir,
Reflections of a Russian Statesman (1898).
-BIBLIOGRAPHY:
A.V. Amfiteatrov, Pobedonostsev (Rus., 1907).
(Yehuda Slutsky)
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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