This series has seven easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: 1867 Perspective on Alaska.IntroductionThe purchase of Alaska added
Archives for February 2013
Russians Rejoice
Today's installment concludes Russian Serfs Freed,the name of our combined selection from Andrew D. White and Nikolai Turgenieff. The concluding
The Great Deed Is Done
He had struggled long to make some satisfactory previous arrangement; his motto now became: Emancipation first, arrangement afterward.Continuing
The Great Plan Arouses Opposition
Straightway an answer was sent conveying the outlines of the Emperor's plan. The period of transition from serfage to freedom was set at twelve
Alexander II Begins Reforms
Strong as Alexander showed himself by these words, he showed himself stronger by acts.Continuing Russian Serfs Freed,with a selection from The
Nicholas I’s Policy on Serfs
He saw, and winced as he saw, that, while other European nations, even under despots, were comparatively active and energetic, his own people were
Nicholas I’s Legacy
Fearless as he was before bright bayonets, he was an utter coward before bright ideas. He laughed at the flash of cannon, but he trembled at the flash
Alexander I and Nicholas I
Of this hate which Nicholas felt for liberal forms of government there yet remain monuments in the great museum of the Kremlin.Continuing Russian
The Greats, Peter and Catherine, Make Serfdom Worse
As Russia entered the nineteenth century, the hearts of earnest men must have sunk within them.Continuing Russian Serfs Freed,with a selection