Alexander II- Why did Alexander emancipate the serfs? Flashcards

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What are the five main reasons as to why Alexander II emancipate the Serfs?

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-Personal
-Loss of the Crimean war
-Moral
-Social.
-Economical

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What was the Tsars personal reason for emancipating the serfs?

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-preservation of autocracy
-Would be better to abolish from above then wait for it to be destroyed by below.

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How many reports of peasant uprisings were kept by the ministry of the interior?

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-712.

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How high was Russias debt?

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159 Million

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What social reasons led to the emancipation?

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-increasing disturbances
-1859 prospect of a peasant war-
-nobles concern

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What economic reasons led to the emancipation of the Serfs?

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-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.

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Why did the loss of the Crimean war lead to emancipation?

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-revealed weakness of army. (physical)
-reforms impossible with serfs
-inadequate distribution and communication.

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What did moral reasons do to lead to the emancipation?

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-‘evil cannot last forever’
-demoralisation of the serfs
-welfare.

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