Alexander II- Who benefitted from the emancipation?

Question 1

Who are the three groups arguably benefiting from the emancipation?

Answer 1

• Tsarist regime
• Peasants
• Nobility

Question 2

How did the Tsarist regime benefit from the emancipation?

Answer 2

-protected autocracy
-showing military strength after failure of the Crimean war.

Question 3

How did the Tsarist regime fail to benefit from the emancipation?

Answer 3

-independent courts
-free press
-localised government

Question 4

How did the peasants benefit from the emancipation?

Answer 4

-marriage
-business
-buy land from landlords.

Question 5

How did peasants not benefit from the emancipation?

Answer 5

-land allotments inadequate
-49 years of redemptive payments
-no choice
-fee to use roads and rivers.

Question 6

How did the nobility benefit from the emancipation?

Answer 6

-higher compensation than the value of land.
-entitled to choose parts of land.

Question 7

How did the nobility fail to benefit from the emancipation?

Answer 7

-left without a large and cheap workforce (solved by redemption payments).