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Instigated by Tsar Alexander II in 1861, he was the first to instigate the Great Reforms. He did this because the idea of reform was becoming gradually more popularized, and he wished to ensure that his people wouldn't revolt for drastic change. In the Emancipation, he emancipated nearly 50 million serfs, and offered them grants of land. The problem was that because they had worked for no pay, the newly emancipated serfs had no money to pay the mandatory taxes.

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