The emancipation of the Russian serfs
A. left peasants under the authority of the village commune to ensure payment to the State for land.
B. angered peasants because it only gave them six acres each, too little to support themselves.
C. led to Russian participation in the Crimean War in order to divert peasant complaints.
D. led to the 1867 Revolution.
E. was reversed by Czar Nicholas II.
Answer: A
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