HIST 2600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Profit Motive, Slavophilia, Ibm Officevision
23 Feb 2017
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Alexander ii and the emancipation of the serfs. Three periods of greatest change in russian history up to 1985. Tsar liberator who liberated the serfs, greatest reform of the tsars ever. Soviet historians saw him as alexander the autocrat. Man forced to make half-hearted reforms and was later killed by his own people. The poles consider him to be one of the worst tsars in russian history. Many of his biographers talk about alexander the good up until 1866. Alexander the bad after then: schizophrenic approach to his reign like with. Positive and negative features in personality, background, and especially. 1866 does not provide a meaningful break in his reign. Zhukovsky tutored him: instilled a certain sensitivity and humane understanding of problems he faced. Alexander derived love of books and language from him. Also tutored by a lieutenant general: ushakov. Nicholas wanted a son who was a soldier at heart. Registered as a soldier shortly after his birth.
