1861: Alexander II emancipates serfs from landed nobility. Upon release, they are provided with less land than they previously held, and many were forced into the corrupt factory system and an even more brutal quality of life.
Today: Virtually no signs of the antiquated class system of peasantry and nobility exist.
Mid-1860s: Emancipation gives rise to industrialization and, as a result, the beginnings of capitalism in Russia. It is squelched by the Bolshevik Revolution, after which workers gained control of factory management.
Today: Since the end of the Cold War in 1989, Russia has been moving in the direction of capitalism. Although some conditions have improved,.....
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