HIS 210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 29: Crimean War, Glasnost, Emancipation Reform Of 1861
3 Oct 2016
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Lords couldn"t afford to feed their serfs -> debt. The decline of peasant living situations was becoming more obvious as market competition increased a. ii)fear of peasant rebellion was the key reason behind the end of serfdom (a. ii. 1) (a. ii. 2) (a. ii. 3) Really had nothing to lose, so serfs began rising against their masters. Tried to join army in hopes of obtaining freedom a. iii) other groups began to advocate for the serfs (a. iii. 1) Decembrists, slavophiles, westernizers, the petrashevtsy, some of the. Increase in education and literature -> more humane feelings (21st century politically woke or whatever the hell you call it) About a year after alex ii became tsar, he began to start abolishing serfdom by a. iv) asking the gentry to consider letting the serfs go (a. iv. 1) (a. iv. 2) (a. iv. 3) Better to start abolishing it from above than from below . Basically just a suggestion, invitation for discussion: glasnost .
