Russian Emancipation of Serfs
In the course of studying Russian History one could justifiably ponder, “How did Russia ever eventually become a world Super Power’.” considering how they repeatedly found ways to not deal with issues of the time. Take for instance the emancipation of serfdom in Russia in 1861. The Russian approach, during the reign of Romanov Rulers, to deal with issues always seems to be “What to do about this?” or “What to do about that”? Well “this” or “that” never seems to never get answered. The question of what to do about serfdom has been an enormous debate throughout the history of Russia. From the Enlightenment to the Industrial Age the tsars proved that they lacked the ability to answer the question of serfdom. There are a string of events occurring over 200 years that would culminate in the Emancipation decree issued by Alexander II on 1861. The seriousness of serfdom discontent first became obvious to the government in 1773 when Pugachev led an army of serfs to revolt against the wealthy estate owners. The rebellion was squashed, however, the instability of serfdom would become apparent for all of Russia, and even Europe, to see. The invasion by Napolean would have consequences for serfdom as well. After the defeat of N
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Approximate Word count = 1045
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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