The Road to Revolution
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Alexander II's reforms
and economic change
encouraged minority
nationality demands in
the empire.
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Cultural nationalism led
to political demands
and worried the state.
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Social protest was
heightened by the
limitations of reform
and by industrialization.
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Peasants suffered from famine, redemption payments,
taxes, and population pressure.
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Educated Russians also were dissatisfied.
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Business people and professionals sought more
personal freedom and fuller political rights.