The emancipation of the peasantry, hoping to correct the flaws of Russian government and society and replace political instability, ultimately transformed its motivations into a catalyst for rebellion. Therefore the claim that “The year 1861 begot the year 1905” which led to the Russian Revolution is notable in its misleading, inefficient, entirely disastrous and temporary position which ushered in unrest and revolution. When the terms of the edict began to be spoken from the pulpits of their churches, jubilation was replaced by disbelief and anger. A large number of peasants became convinced that these agreements were temporary and that true emancipation would be guaranteed shortly. In 1861 alone, there were 499 incidents of serious disorder in which soldiers were deployed to restore order. Alexander himself was forced to intervene to correct the confused peasants. The unrest diminished, but the peasants remained deeply disappointed. Few peasants would have toasted Alexander as their 'liberating tsar'. Alexander II's most famous reform thus managed to alienate the main classes of Russian society and began to show its cracks, proving to be short-lived. His failure to earn the gratitude of the peasants while losing the devotion of the nobility proved to be a disastrous outcome given his initial hopes for the project. However, as Igor Volgin wrote, “…the reform of 1861 created a historical precedent of exceptional importance. He presented an example of voluntary renunciation of a centuries-old historical injustice.” Having an extraordinary vision of such a supreme autocratic regime, he was generous in granting his peasants both freedom and land, albeit to a limited extent. Therefore on a positive occasion...... middle of paper ...... tion and conscription, both of which had operated through serfdom. Furthermore, the judicial and local government systems depended on the control of serfs by the nobility, and therefore now needed to be changed. Major reforms were needed to establish a new framework in which society could function. In terms of analysis, however, it should be emphasized that the change in government policy in the decision to emancipate the peasants in 1861 was decisive, but never complete. The short-lived temporary positive attributes had a drastic impact on the long-term consequences they had on the Russian government and society. And so it was impossible to return to serfdom, to keep the peasants strictly in their former place. And the old policy of maintaining the status qou, of defending the established order of things, remained at least as an undercurrent for the new demand for change..