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Catherine the Great attempted reforms to benefit her people, but her actions were flawed in some important ways. The authority and power of the nobility increased at the expense of the serfs, and the condition of ordinary people deteriorated.
After the Czar Alexander II's emancipation edict, all the personal serfdom was abolished.
The Russian revolution began with his death and the deaths of his wife and 6 children . He did not abolish serfdom. The whole point of the revolution was to overthrow the Czar and replace him with a government that controlled all aspects of living for the Russian people.
Actually, there were people lower than serfs. Slaves were below serfs on the social ladder. But slavery was abolished in many places. William the Conqueror abolished the slave trade, and King Henry I abolished slavery altogether. Also, you should understand that serfdom was not practiced everywhere; there were places where it never existed, such as Ireland, and it was pretty much gone in France and England before the Middle Ages ended.
Spain abolished serfdom in 1837
Joseph II abolished selfdom
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Joseph II
Czar Alexander II freed the serfs in his empire in 1742. While they were freed, they were still very poor and still worked in terrible conditions.
He abolished serfdom on all royal lands in Prussia, all the lands that he owned, but not throughout the country.
Tsar Alexander II issued the "Emancipation Edict" which abolished the institution of serfdom.
Czar Alexander II. He abolished serfdom in 1861
Catherine the Great attempted reforms to benefit her people, but her actions were flawed in some important ways. The authority and power of the nobility increased at the expense of the serfs, and the condition of ordinary people deteriorated.
Joseph II
Russia abolished serfdom, which was a form of semi-feudal slavery, in 1861 under Tsar Alexander II. This decree freed over 23 million serfs and marked the end of serfdom in Russia.
After the Czar Alexander II's emancipation edict, all the personal serfdom was abolished.