 Tsar Alexander III 1881-1894 akanga asingafariri vaJudha; kutonga kwake kwakaona kuderera kukuru mumamiriro ezvinhu ezveupfumi, ezvemagariro, uye ezvematongerwe enyika evaJudha. Tsika yake yakashandiswa nokushingaira nevakuru vakuru veumambo muMitemo yaMay ya1882. Vakapa vaJudha mhosva yokufa kwaTsar. Vakarambidza vaJudha kugara mumaruwa nemumaguta kunyange mukati mePale of Settlementuye vakarambidza mabasa avaigona kuita. Mapurisa eumambo hweRussia aishandisa zvakasimba mitemo yokusarura vaJudha, nepo vezvenhau veRussia vakaita kuparidzira kusingadzorwi kwevaJudha. Muna 1891, vaJudha vose vakadzingwa muMoscow nenzira yakarongwa. Uku kudzvinyirira kwakashatirisa vaJudha vakawanda kurwisana nenzanga yeRussia, kuchigombedzera vazhinji kuti Russia yakanga isingachagoni kuva musha wavo. 