The Russian monarch whose policies favored the landed nobility, at the expense of the serfs, was
A. Alexander II.
B. Catherine the Great.
C. Peter II.
D. Peter the Great.
E. Ivan IV.
Answer: B
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a. China b. Europe c. India d. North America
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