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Alexander II and the Great Reforms

Vasilii Surikov , Morning of the Execution of the Streltsy (1698) (painting done in 1881). Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ File:Surikov_streltsi.jpg . .

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Alexander II and the Great Reforms

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  1. VasiliiSurikov, Morning of the Execution of the Streltsy (1698) (painting done in 1881). Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Surikov_streltsi.jpg.

  2. IlyaRepin, “Religious Procession in the Province of Kursk” (1883). Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kurskaya_korennaya.jpg.

  3. Vladimir Makovsky, “The Tea Party” (1897). Source: http://www.tretyakovgallery.ru/en/collection/_show/image/_id/200

  4. VasiliiPerov, “A Governess Arrives at a Merchant’s Home” (1866). Source: http://www.tretyakovgallery.ru/en/collection/_show/image/_id/2614

  5. Alexander II • ruled 1855-1881 • became Tsar during the Crimean War when his father, Nicholas I, died • known as the “Tsar-Liberator” for the emancipation of the serfs in 1861 • implemented the Great Reforms in state and legal administration • assassinated in 1881 Alexander II and the Great Reforms “Homage from the Imperial Family to Alexander II” (1856) By MihályZichy

  6. Emancipation of the Serfs (1861) • Need for military reforms after the Crimean War • winning over the nobility and the “scenario of love” (Richard Wortman) • to emancipate with land or without land? • reform devised over the years 1856-1861 • decree on the abolition of serfdom: February 19, 1861 (March 3, 1861) • Redemption Payments: money peasants repaid the state over 49 years for loans to get land from former landlords “Haggling: A Scene from Serfs’ Way of Life. From the Recent Past” (1866) By Nikolai Nevrev

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