The+aftermath+of++the+Crimean+War

Read the following source carefully and then answer the questions

**Source:** An English traveler, Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace, described the problems Russia faced. Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace, Russia, published by Cassell, 1905.

'The very fact that few people had clear, precise ideas as to what was to be done tended to increase the reform enthusiasm ... The [Crimean] war had shown the disastrous consequences of having merely primitive means of communication; ... that a country which has not developed its natural resources very soon becomes exhausted if it has to make a great national effort; ... that a system of education which tends to make men mere apathetic automata [robots] cannot produce even a good army; ...that the best intentions of the Government [would be] be frustrated if the majority of officials are dishonest or incapable. There was so much to be done it was no easy matter to decide what should be done first. Administrative, judicial, social, economic, and political reforms seemed all equally pressing. Gradually, however, it became evident that precedence must be given to the question of serfage ... So long as serfage existed it was a mere mockery to talk about reorganising Russia according to the latest results of political and social science. How could a system of even handed justice be introduced when millions of the peasantry were subject to the arbitrary will of the landed proprietors? How could agricultural and industrial progress be made without free labour? ... All this was generally felt by the educated classes...'

a. What does Mackenzie Wallace suggest are the main problems facing Russia at the end of the Crimean War? You should find at least 5 problems. b. Identify each problem as either social, economic, political or administrative.

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