Unlike his predecessor Catherine the monarch, Alexander II, was not as favored by his subjects. The monarchs were not excluded from this sentiment against him, as in their class emerged a branch of young educated nobles, who would later make it their focus to bring the emperor’s demise. Furthermore, following Alexander’s emancipation of the serfs in 1856, an attitude of distrust created a wedge between the tsar and the nobles and the structure of the addresses, makes this evident. Though the addresses of each of the addresses in the 1860s differ in tone, to some degree due to the growth of provincial leadership in the 100 years since the original addresses, the feelings generally followed a similar goal and
Unlike his predecessor Catherine the monarch, Alexander II, was not as favored by his subjects. The monarchs were not excluded from this sentiment against him, as in their class emerged a branch of young educated nobles, who would later make it their focus to bring the emperor’s demise. Furthermore, following Alexander’s emancipation of the serfs in 1856, an attitude of distrust created a wedge between the tsar and the nobles and the structure of the addresses, makes this evident. Though the addresses of each of the addresses in the 1860s differ in tone, to some degree due to the growth of provincial leadership in the 100 years since the original addresses, the feelings generally followed a similar goal and