HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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succeeded in abolishing serfdom in all of Russia.
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succeeded in establishing an equal system of law for all Russian citizens.
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instigated changes in Russian government that sapped the power of the old nobility.
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supported equality before the law, questioned serfdom, torture and capital punishment.
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Detailed explanation-1: -By separating church from the state, she incorporated some of her “enlightened” Western philosophies in her governance of Russia. In doing so, she removed the power that the Orthodox clergy had previously held over the state, instead forcing them to depend on the state for compensation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Catherine the Great enthusiastically supported the ideals of the Enlightenment, thus earning the status of an enlightened despot, although her reforms benefited a small number of her subjects and did not change the oppressive system of Russian serfdom.
Detailed explanation-3: -Catherine believed in Enlightenment political thought. She reformed the strong and powerful bureaucracy Peter the Great established. She established fifty “gubernii” provinces, divided into ten districts. 300, 000 to 400, 000 people lived in each province and 20, 000 to 30, 000 lived in every district.
Detailed explanation-4: -She created state schools for girls and boys throughout the country that taught independently of the church. This type of secular education was revolutionary for the time and followed along with the enlightenment thinking of the era.