The Rise of the Great Powers
Seeking the Way to Strengthen the Nation: Tsarist Russia
Directed by Duan Jun, Zhang Xiaoyu, Bi YuekunTV-G
S1 • E8 Nov 14, 2006 50mEmpress Catherine II, who inherited Peter's reforms, introduced European enlightenment ideas, attached importance to education, and tried to draft laws, but the reforms could not touch serfdom. Its achievements could only be reflected in territorial expansion.
