The Grand Inquisitor Throughout history many lifestyles have changed upon the many dramatic policies and ideas of the day. Not only upon these changes and reforms was lead to good outcomes but also harsh and radical formations of inadequate life within the population of the land involved. With this only through the time period analyzed to determine the actual figure of society can be brought forth from literature and history itself‚ but really what can history tells you if it wasn’t described
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landowners to the emancipation of the serfs 1861. Although this piece of legislation had brought an end to serfdom‚ peasants still remained tied to the village commune (mir) and were angry at the redemption payments they were expected to pay in return for the land they had received. They believed more‚ and better quality‚ land should have been given to them at no cost. Their anger was shown during the peasant disturbances of 1902. The landowners were also unhappy with the terms of emancipation. They lost
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During the 19th century‚ many changes/continuities occurred throughout Russia. For example changes in the political‚ social and economic states. These changes impacted Russia in a good or bad‚ for example causing riots and protests in the economy or stabilizing the economy. And some changes were either successful or not. In 1905 the Russian Revolution took over Russia with political riots. The cause of the Russian revolution was the State Duma which was introduced in 1906. The State Duma is
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1 The history of Russia covers a wide variety of revolutionary activity‚ aimed at the toppling of the autocracy. For the most part‚ the early revolts were brought on by the common folk who lacked the necessary knowledge to implement reforms. In the early 19th century‚ however the direction changed as revolution began to come over noblemen after seeing the benefits brought about by the constitutions of other countries in Europe. Appropriately named after the unsuccessful uprising of December
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likely opposed the peasant liberation reform in 1861 (Berghorn‚ 2009) which affected the Russian countryside. The landlords felt that they were being robbed of their property‚ the serfs. These were awarded full citizenship. (Lovett‚ 2003) This might have made Alexander II less willing to reform. However many of the serfs couldn’t leave the land they previously were bound to and so their freedom only existed legally as many remained‚ bound‚ to their landlords. (Lovett‚ 2003) This was as such a good
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evidence to suggest that he disliked serfdom. Even his father‚ Nicholas I‚ believed that serfdom was an “evil palpable to all‚” and Alexander II was certainly even more liberally educated than his father. His arguably most fundamental reform was the emancipation of serfdom in 1861. As he said‚ “It is best to abolish serfdom from above than to wait until it abolishes itself from below”. This quote demonstrates his realization that reform was needed. Many saw serfdom as Russia’s biggest handicap in development
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the 1879 census 82% of the population were peasants‚ 4% was the working class‚ 1.5% were the middle classes‚ and 12.5% were the upper classes. The peasants were small farmers that used outdated methods. They were mostly former serfs that were freed in the 1861 serf emancipation under Alexander II. This “freedom” was accompanied by a land redistribution that hurt more than helped because most of the land went to the nobles and former masters that charged high rents to the new peasants that needed the
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shifting government‚ all which led up to Alexander II who was responsible for many reforms. 2: The peasant problem in Russia was when Russia needed people to work in factories so they abolished serfdom and put people to work. 3: They emancipated their serfs so they had workers to work in factories so they could industrialize. It worked eventually but it took much longer than Japan‚ even though Japan was further behind. 4: Alexander II’s reforms included abolishing serfdom‚ improving law codes‚ establishing
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Which of the previous Tsars were most to blame for the problems inherited by Nicholas II when he ascended to the throne in 1894? When Nicholas II ascended the throne in 1894 he wasn’t facing any single issue left by a single Tsar he was facing the culmination of the three previous rulers’ mistakes that they had left behind or inherited and made worse. However the biggest problems had arguably been left by Russia’s most “liberal” Tsar‚ Alexander I. Nicholas I faced a multitude of problems
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When Alexander II became the Tsar‚ Russia was in total disarray. Her once widely respected and feared army was humiliated on the battlefields in the Crimean Peninsula‚ 80% of the people were in poverty and illiterate. Russia was still stuck in the middle ages while the rest of Europe was steaming in through the Industrial Era. Alexander II saw this as a need for change‚ primarily in response to the Crimean War‚ however to be able to do this‚ he also had to change the Russian society‚ therefore in
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