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This 12 page paper considers the following statement “The Great Reforms combined two contradictory goals: the creation of civil society and the preservation of the Tsar's authority”. The paper examines the period from 1855 and the ascendance of Tsar Alexander II and the emancipation of serf until the second revolution in 1917. This also includes the rule of Alexander III and Nicholas II. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
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have shaped the country in a unique way. The reforms seen in recent years are in a long history of reforms. If we look back to the era of the
Great Reforms started by Alexander II and continued by the flowing two Tsars, there can be seen as long history of social reform. It has been argued that the goal
of these earlier reforms had a duel purpose, the creation of a civil society and the preservation of the power of the Tsar. If we look at the reforms
we can assess how close they are to these goals and if this assessment is correct. However, it may also be argued, that even if the goal was to preserve
the power, it is the reforms that started with Alexander II that ultimate resulted in the second revolution in 1917 where the Russian royal family lost their lives the following
year (Vernadsky, 1972). The Great Reforms that were started by Alexander II resulted in the populist movement. There is little doubt that the goals were to modernise Russia and
take it into the future, but as we look at the reforms it can also be argued the people were not ready for all of the changes and as the
result of the changes and the rise of the populist movement there was the use of paternalist despotic power to eliminate the movement, so it is in this later aspect
where we can see the determination to hold onto power (Riasanovsky, 1993). To look at this we need to examine the Great Reforms. The first main Great Reform
was in 1861 when there was the abolition of serfdom as well as more reforms that accompanied at all levels, from local self government to the courts and in the
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