How Does Alexander II Promote Russian Society

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By observing the Russian colossus; European nations were anxious. Russia was the largest and most populated European nations in 1815. Soldier, explores and traders expanded Russia beyond Siberia. Russia had a rigid social structure, nobles dominated the Russian society and rejected any kind of changes. The domination of noble made the middle class weaker. Most of the people were peasants or serfs. But I knew, in Russia, their system of government was wrong and things had to change. Serfs or peasants shouldn’t need to look elsewhere to making living after emancipation. Alexander II created zemstvos; responsible for road repairs schools and agriculture also introduced great legal reforms, but his ideas didn’t made him popular or influenced anyone. …show more content…

Alexander III discouraged Russian society, instead of creating peace; he feared people. I believe, he shouldn’t have feared any one, and instead loved them. On the other hand, peaceful marchers for petition and justice should not have happened; because it wasn’t peaceful and instead called bloody Sunday whereas, killing people is not peaceful and things can’t sort out that way. After bloody Sunday, Russian society became more unsatisfied; terrorist started to attack the officials, peasants demanded land and revolted. However, in my opinion; public view should be given priority (democracy), decisions should not be taken by one person. Public should pick their leader on whom they can trust. No big decisions about the country shall be done privately. “open covenants of peace openly arrived at, after which there shall be no private international understanding of any kind but diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in the public view”. Their shouldn’t be any secret agreement; every treaty should be a part of the public law of the world. Moreover, I certainly agree with Karl Marx ideas; equal rights of all classes should be declared. Dictator or absolute monarch should not have all control over community and their choices. I also agree with Lein for considering imperialism for developing capitalism. Trade shouldn’t be traded by the state, private

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