The enlightened legal reforms expressed by Catherine the Great in her Instruction
A) succeeded in abolishing serfdom in all of Russia.
B) succeeded in establishing an equal system of law for all Russian citizens.
C) instigated changes in Russian government that sapped the power of the old nobility.
D) accomplished little due to heavy opposition and were soon forgotten.
E) abolished three-fourths of the Russian army.
D
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