The Importance Of Industrialization In The Crimean War

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The Crimean War was a war between Great Britain, French, and along with some other countries against Russia. While Russia led by Nicholas I, entered to the Crimean War to defend Orthodox Christian within the autocrat empire; French entered this war because they promoted the Catholics Christian; Great Britain wanted to maintain the autocrat empire and maintain power (Aksakov and Danielevsky, 378 - 389). It was an absolute humiliating when Russia defeated the war. The Russian military was outplayed because the British had much more sophisticated weapons, technology, and supply line (Riasanovsky and Steinberg, 366). Many liberal, conservative, and Russian people believed that the defeat of Russia in the Crimean War was evidence of Russia 's economy …show more content…

The first step toward modernization was the emancipation of serfdom. Soon after the war end Nicholas I came to end of his life. Alexander II was on the throne and the Great Reform period of Russia began. He first issued the emancipation manifesto in 1861. Alexander II “took steps to improve the condition of the peasantry. But these steps were only partly successful, depending as they did on the goodwill and voluntary action of landlords (Cracraft, 340). Therefore convinced that the task of improving the condition of the peasants kind of impeding …show more content…

The abolition of serfdom in Russia was an aided that transformed Russia from a predominantly agricultural society to a more industrial. The industrial revolution was the transition to manufacturing processes, which led to the modern capitalist economy. During this time railroad was a success, the mileage of railroad double. The newly freed peasants looked toward the cities for jobs, which led to Urbanization. According to Cracraft, “industrialization was clearly the most important of the major economic economic and social development occurring the last decades of the Imperial regime in Russia” (Cracraft, 441). So industrialization encouraged urbanization and the growth of new social classes-- an industrial proletariat and a new class of

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