In any capacity

The nation really didn’t plunge downward economically

It opened the door for industrialization and allowed the peasants to migrate to centers of industry

@Honey Beanger export and foreign investment plummeted until the 1890s

you had the communists and Narodniks and a whole bunch of people spreading revolutionary ideologies of varying types among the Russian lower classes who were embittered and angry, it was always going to end up this way

For a good 20 years Russia was in free fall

the Empire was stagnant and was going nowhere

The empire was stable until the emancipation and liberalisation

Yeah the 1890’s boom wouldn’t have happened without emancipation

Yes, they were behind, but a gradual transition would have helped them catch up

The emancipation was the most ill-conceived, badly implemented solution to the problem possible

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And emancipation has already taken place in certain parts of the empire, namely the Baltic provinces as well as the former peasants of church land

Not to mention the fact that the Nobles, who at the very least kept a lid on things, were now replaced by Kulaks

Who were literally just peasants that exploited the vacuum

"the Empire was stagnant and was going nowhere" That's bullshit. Also fun to hear that from a Soviet fan.

no u

The empire was stagnant, sure

And was falling behind

Wrong

Do i need to get my big book of statistics?

Do i really need to do that at 6:45am?

Because i will

Put your dick away I was talking to the guy who said no u

Sure

> And emancipation has already taken place in certain parts of the empire, namely the Baltic provinces as well as the former peasants of church land

yes and also Grand Duchy of Finland had no slaves to speak of, at any point, as it operated on an entirely different, much more Western Enlightenment type system

Everyone thinks you're very smart

@εïз irma εïз im confused are we saying that russia was stagnant or that it wasnt

Yeah Finland under the empire was weird

Who are you agreeing with

I'm a fence sitter

Based

Finland had its own senate, army, laws, borders, taxes, currency 😄 it was fun times

I didn’t say Finland because it never had serfs to begin with so there was no emancipation

Nothing matters but spiritual purification through holy war

I wouldnt say it was crumbling by any means, but it was certainly lagging behind

There hadn't been an industrial revolution, the state was an agrarian one and infrastructure was weak or non-existent