The affect of the Revolution of 1848 on Russia?

Question by meredith: What was the affect of the Revolution of 1848 on Russia?
I can’t seem to find any info on it. I know it didn’t happen in Russia, but what was happening at the time and what were the effects on Russia?

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Answer by Frosty
The Revolution of 1848 was an international event and, apart from the world wars, the only such event in the West. But it did not affect all of Europe. At least two states – England and Russia, at opposite ends of the continent – remained unscathed. What made these two countries different from the others? The Revolution of 1848 shook those countries in which a bourgeois elite led the opposition against more or less reactionary governments. But Russia had no bourgeoisie and, after the electoral reform of 1832, the English bourgeoisie was no longer in opposition.

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