legacy of alexander II
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- Created on: 17-03-15 14:21
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- legacy of the 'tsar liberator' alexander II 1855-1881
- emancipation of the serfs - 1861
- social problem
- 80% of population were serfs
- major obstacle to the modernisation of Russian society
- subsistence farming
- 1861 imperial decree to abolish Serfdom
- former serfs had to pay redemption payments to the government due to owners of land having to be compensated
- forced to live in 'mirs' (communes) where land was held collectively
- this delayed the development of towns as there were low levels of urbanisation
- 1891 - famine
- showed crisis in he tsarist autocracy
- social problem
- political and judicial reform
- alexander II introduced the first form of elective government
- limited to the educated and the wealthy
- local government - Zemstva had limited powers
- the beginning of trial by jury
- emancipation of the serfs - 1861
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