Why was Russia struggling to modernize at the end of the 19 century?

Question by Linda Lu: Why was Russia struggling to modernize at the end of the nineteenth century?
Revolutionaries were trying to overthrow the tsar.

European nations refused to finance Russia’s industrialization.

Russia refused to abolish serfdom and its agricultural past.

Russia’s leaders and nobility had resisted social change.

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Answer by ammianus
Russia’s leaders and nobility had resisted social change.

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