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Traditions and Encounters, 2/e
Jerry H. Bentley, University of Hawai'i
Herbert F. Ziegler, University of Hawai'i
SOCIETIES AT CROSSROADS

Internet Activities: Russian Empire



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http://www.dur.ac.uk/~dml0www/emancipn.html

According to this text, why did Alexander II free the serfs in 1861? How did the tsar provide for these newly freed subjects? What did the proclamation indicate this emancipation would do for Russian society?
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Now read these pieces of reform legislation from 1905-1906: http://www.dur.ac.uk/~dml0www/octmanif.html, http://www.dur.ac.uk/~dml0www/fundlaws.html, http://www.dur.ac.uk/~dml0www/stolypin.html. What did these laws attempt to change about Russian society? What changes do you see in the issues between 1863 and 1905? Do you notice any difference in the language of these later documents? If so, what is that difference? What can this contrast tell us about the decline of the Russian Empire during these years?








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