Analyze how Russia developed after the loss of the Crimean War up to 1905?
-Emancipate serfs
-Focused more on industrializing Russia
-Proved Serfdom was proven economically inefficient
-Serfdom was proven to be the source of rural instability and peasant revolt
-1861 tsars abolished serfdom
-Tsar Alexander II suggested to abolish serfdom in 1861
-Government sought to balance interest of lords and serfs
-Terms of emancipation were unfavorable to most peasants
-Government compensated landowners for the land losses and the serfs that worked on it
-Serfs were now independent
-Labor obligations for serfs were being gradually canceled
-Serfs gained opportunities to become landowners
-Still peasants were won few political rights
-Peasants were forced to pay redemption tax for most of the land they received
-Peasants felt it was unfair that they had to pay for land they thought was theirs by right
-Few peasants prospered and moved up in position due to emancipation
-Most peasants still remained desperately poor
-Emancipation caused a small growth in agricultural production
-To deal with local issues such as health,education,and welfare the government created district assemblies also known as zemstvos in 1864
-All classes elected representatives
-Tsarist autocracies retained exclusive authority over national issues
-Legal reform was more fruitful than experimentation with representative government
-The revision of the judiciary system in 1864 created a system of law courts based on Western European models
-This included independent judges and a strep of appellate courts
-The creation of the courts and trial by jury led to less corruption of the judicial system
-These reforms encouraged the emergence of attorneys and other legal experts
-Focused more on industrializing Russia
-Proved Serfdom was proven economically inefficient
-Serfdom was proven to be the source of rural instability and peasant revolt
-1861 tsars abolished serfdom
-Tsar Alexander II suggested to abolish serfdom in 1861
-Government sought to balance interest of lords and serfs
-Terms of emancipation were unfavorable to most peasants
-Government compensated landowners for the land losses and the serfs that worked on it
-Serfs were now independent
-Labor obligations for serfs were being gradually canceled
-Serfs gained opportunities to become landowners
-Still peasants were won few political rights
-Peasants were forced to pay redemption tax for most of the land they received
-Peasants felt it was unfair that they had to pay for land they thought was theirs by right
-Few peasants prospered and moved up in position due to emancipation
-Most peasants still remained desperately poor
-Emancipation caused a small growth in agricultural production
-To deal with local issues such as health,education,and welfare the government created district assemblies also known as zemstvos in 1864
-All classes elected representatives
-Tsarist autocracies retained exclusive authority over national issues
-Legal reform was more fruitful than experimentation with representative government
-The revision of the judiciary system in 1864 created a system of law courts based on Western European models
-This included independent judges and a strep of appellate courts
-The creation of the courts and trial by jury led to less corruption of the judicial system
-These reforms encouraged the emergence of attorneys and other legal experts
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