Reasons and fears of emancipation

Question 1

What were the reasons for emancipation?

Answer 1

• the Crimean war 1853-55
• to strengthen social and political stability
• serfdom held Russia back economically and politically
• Allow Russia to progress by destroying serfdom

Question 2

Why was the Crimean war such a big factor in the push for emancipation?

Answer 2

• the undetermined larger conscripted Russian army was crushed by the British and the French armies
• Russia lost trade
• the loss cause more peasant uprises
• intelligentsia renewed there demands

Question 3

How long were conscripts conscripted for?

Answer 3

25 years

Question 4

What was Nicholas 1 scared of, if the emancipation act was passed?

Answer 4

The loss of the Russian autocracy