he freed the serfs
to help industrialize and modernize Russia
Alexander II
Peter the Great!
Peter the Great was primarily responsible for attempting to modernize Russia. Peter the Great was Emperor of All Russia from 1721 to 1725.
Joseph Stalin started five year plans to modernize Russia.
Created a new city to attract other culture influences
Efforts to modernize Russia in the 19th century failed to protect the country from a revolution [APEX]
Russia's leaders and nobility had resisted social change.
Peter the Great
Tsar Alexander I of Russia.
Emperor of Russia Alexander Nikolaevich Romanov - Alexander II.