During the 1700s, Russia was profoundly concerned with westernizing its nation. ... Russian dress was also replaced. ... By having an erudite and informed society, Russia would flourish. ... Russia also went through considerable social changes. ... Catherine's western reform of Russia also concentrated on architecture and literature. ...
An antisocialist law approved in 1878 banned the spread of socialist literature, it gave the police power to break up socialist meetings, and put the trial and punishment of socialists under the command of police judges. ... He shaped a series of alliances and counter-alliances; one of the most important was with Russia. ... When the Three Emperor's Alliance broke down, Bismarck negotiated the Reinsurance Treaty with Russia in 1887. ... Bismarck considered it necessary to keep the Russians from accomplishing an alliance with the French which would threaten Germany on two sides. ... When B...
