Russian Emancipation of Serfs

In the course of studying Russian History one could justifiably ponder, “How did Russia ever eventually become a world Super Power’.” considering how they repeatedly found ways to not deal with issues of the time. Take for instance the emancipation of serfdom in Russia in 1861. The Russian approach, during the reign of Romanov Rulers, to deal with issues always seems to be “What to do about this?” or “What to do about that”? Well “this” …

…to pay it. Economically the emancipation does not encourage economics in part because the peasants were not happy with the reforms not delivering what they expected to receive from the reforms; land ownership, true freedom, and equality. Although we could not hold the Romanov rulers wholly responsible for serfdom, however, they did little to improve economic and social conditions of the serfs. To overcome peasantry as a whole it would take the destruction of government.