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Political authority and attempts at reform: Alexander II; emancipation of the serfs and attempts at domestic and military reform.
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Trying to preserve autocracy, 1855–1894
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Political authority and attempts at reform: Alexander II; emancipation of the serfs and attempts at domestic and military reform
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What was one of the main objectives of Alexander II's Emancipation Reform of 1861?
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One of the main objectives of Alexander II's Emancipation Reform of 1861 was to modernize the Russian economy by freeing the serfs and allowing them to work as free laborers.
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- Autocracy: A system of government in which one person possesses unlimited power.
- Serfdom: A form of agricultural labor in which peasants were tied to the land and subject to the authority of landowners.
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Overgeneralizing the impact of reforms: It's important to evaluate the mixed outcomes of the reforms, acknowledging both their successes in modernization and their failures in addressing social unrest.
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