Alexander II- Why did Alexander emancipate the serfs? Flashcards
What are the five main reasons as to why Alexander II emancipate the Serfs?
-Personal
-Loss of the Crimean war
-Moral
-Social.
-Economical
What was the Tsars personal reason for emancipating the serfs?
-preservation of autocracy
-Would be better to abolish from above then wait for it to be destroyed by below.
How many reports of peasant uprisings were kept by the ministry of the interior?
-712.
How high was Russias debt?
159 Million
What social reasons led to the emancipation?
-increasing disturbances
-1859 prospect of a peasant war-
-nobles concern
What economic reasons led to the emancipation of the Serfs?
-free wage labour meant serfs more motivated
-Serfdom is a ‘powder keg’ under the states
-Rising debt contracted by the nobles.
-RUSSIA HAD A 159M ROUBLE DEBT.
Why did the loss of the Crimean war lead to emancipation?
-revealed weakness of army. (physical)
-reforms impossible with serfs
-inadequate distribution and communication.
What did moral reasons do to lead to the emancipation?
-‘evil cannot last forever’
-demoralisation of the serfs
-welfare.