Problems Facing Russia In The 19th Century
Assess the Difficulties Facing Russia’s Rulers in the Late 19th Century
In the concluding decades of the 19th century, Russia was a great country. She was vast and wrapped up in mystery. Despite being seemingly great, there were many problems facing the Tsar’s of Russia. These came in the form of political, economic and social issues; some of which slotted into more than one category. The bureaucracy was meant to have been an area of major reform, however now it was posing a social and slight political problem. Peter I had made an attempt to modernise Russia by bringing in the civil service to a full scale. However, it was nepotism; a major problem throughout Russian society; that allowed people to get jobs. The better the family connections,
In the concluding decades of the 19th century, Russia was a great country. She was vast and wrapped up in mystery. Despite being seemingly great, there were many problems facing the Tsar’s of Russia. These came in the form of political, economic and social issues; some of which slotted into more than one category. The bureaucracy was meant to have been an area of major reform, however now it was posing a social and slight political problem. Peter I had made an attempt to modernise Russia by bringing in the civil service to a full scale. However, it was nepotism; a major problem throughout Russian society; that allowed people to get jobs. The better the family connections,