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Well, I guess I'll add my two cents: history doesn't deal in hypotheticals; everything that has happened and is happening in Russia has clear reasons behind it; the main thing is to see them. "If Alexander II had been given another ten years on the throne...we would have seen..." Alexander II, the "Liberator," liberated the peasants from the land, that is, from the land that was assigned to EACH peasant according to the Zemstvo land regulations and that he inherited by RIGHT. By depriving the peasants of their property rights to the land in one day, effectively ruining them, the emperor immediately organized special state agricultural banks, where peasants, for a considerable interest, would rent their FORMER OWN land. Thus, the impoverished peasant masses, who suddenly found their existence meaningless, flocked to the cities, forming the very proletariat, that is, the class of the impoverished, who, receiving meager wages for their unskilled labor, gave impetus to the development of Russian industry's capitalization. Another group of peasants, with the support and subsidies of the government, moved to the Far East, where the state resettlement program directed the flow of people with the aim of strengthening its newly acquired borders (see the texts of the Treaty of Aigun and the Treaty of Beijing) with human resources.
And the constant deficit of the state treasury forced Alexander II to sell Alaska to the United States, although, at that time, few people saw much point in its possession... And, by the way, Russia also had possessions on the coast of California, but that's a completely different story...:rolleyes:
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and also: when we look for those to blame, especially among the bureaucracy and managers, all these bribe-takers, extortionists, and corrupt officials, let's remember that our relatives, close ones, and friends are among them, and soon we will become like them when we grow up. Therefore, when we shout: "down with bribe-takers and wolves in uniform," we should pat ourselves on the back of the head so that we don't become them ourselves:) :)
And the constant deficit of the state treasury forced Alexander II to sell Alaska to the United States, although, at that time, few people saw much point in its possession... And, by the way, Russia also had possessions on the coast of California, but that's a completely different story...:rolleyes:
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and also: when we look for those to blame, especially among the bureaucracy and managers, all these bribe-takers, extortionists, and corrupt officials, let's remember that our relatives, close ones, and friends are among them, and soon we will become like them when we grow up. Therefore, when we shout: "down with bribe-takers and wolves in uniform," we should pat ourselves on the back of the head so that we don't become them ourselves:) :)