Did Alexander II Promote Russia?
Paschalis Kitsikopoulos
_TO WHAT EXTENT DID ALEXANDER II SUCCEED IN HIS ATTEMPTS TO MODERNIZE RUSSIA?_
In 1855, European countries had to deal with many difficulties. By that time, a major imbalance was existing in and between all countries. A detonation of economy and technology was disturbing even the biggest nations of Europe. All countries were intimidated by the greatest power of the time, Japan and India. Russia was an enormous country, however, it wasn't very advanced as far as the technology, the economy and the organization of the country were concerned. Thus, in an attempt for a more modern functioning of the nation, Alexander II was authorized to make the appropriate changes.
According to Alexander II, the first change that should …show more content…
His did succeed to make Russia a strong military power, because he didn't try new ways to help it. His reforms didn't help the majority of the people but only small parts of the community (i.e. Emancipation of serfs).The workers wanted better working conditions and some of them wanted their freedom. Since the Russian people were totally against conservatism he didn't satisfy any of their demands. This lead to the creation of secret societies and to increasing revolutionary spirit in Russia, which Alexander felt he had to limit. All this factors affected his failure and ended up in his assassination in 1881, by a policeman. His death had three main consequences, which would affect the Russian history. The first was that by his death, his successors in the Russian throne, in order to avoid having the same fate, used repression, conservative policies and policy brutality, which lead to a new wave of disregard by the citizens. The second consequence was that his assassination raised racist and anti-semitic feelings. The third he failed to introduce his new upcoming reform, which was the introduction of an elected
_TO WHAT EXTENT DID ALEXANDER II SUCCEED IN HIS ATTEMPTS TO MODERNIZE RUSSIA?_
In 1855, European countries had to deal with many difficulties. By that time, a major imbalance was existing in and between all countries. A detonation of economy and technology was disturbing even the biggest nations of Europe. All countries were intimidated by the greatest power of the time, Japan and India. Russia was an enormous country, however, it wasn't very advanced as far as the technology, the economy and the organization of the country were concerned. Thus, in an attempt for a more modern functioning of the nation, Alexander II was authorized to make the appropriate changes.
According to Alexander II, the first change that should …show more content…
His did succeed to make Russia a strong military power, because he didn't try new ways to help it. His reforms didn't help the majority of the people but only small parts of the community (i.e. Emancipation of serfs).The workers wanted better working conditions and some of them wanted their freedom. Since the Russian people were totally against conservatism he didn't satisfy any of their demands. This lead to the creation of secret societies and to increasing revolutionary spirit in Russia, which Alexander felt he had to limit. All this factors affected his failure and ended up in his assassination in 1881, by a policeman. His death had three main consequences, which would affect the Russian history. The first was that by his death, his successors in the Russian throne, in order to avoid having the same fate, used repression, conservative policies and policy brutality, which lead to a new wave of disregard by the citizens. The second consequence was that his assassination raised racist and anti-semitic feelings. The third he failed to introduce his new upcoming reform, which was the introduction of an elected