It was shunned by the clergy (it was a secular institution) and the nobility (it didn't count towards finishing their service duty).
Until Alexander II became tsar in 1855, Russian students tended to be politically apathetic.
Inspectors punished students for not wearing uniforms or having long hair or not attending military drills.
The Curator was the only one who could convene faculty council meetings and appoint department deacons.
March 1: The Organization Committee calls a skhodka to decide if the strike should continue.
March 5: Moscow University also votes to end the strike after their rector Tikhomirov promises to petition the police to release arrested students.
March 16–17: The St Petersburg skhodka meets twice, voting 825–601 in favour of a new strike.
They have five days to petition for reentry on condition that they stay out of the skhodka and other student groups.
Students are forced to take their oral exams at the end of March to disrupt the strike.
June: The Ministry of Education announces more dormitories and professors; also students have to enrol at the university nearest their secondary school.