Question

Why was russia struggling to modernize at the end of the nineteenth century

russia refused to abolish serfdom and its agricultural past

revolutionaries were trying to overthrow the tsar

russias leaders and nobility has resisted social change

european nations refused to finance russias industrialization

Answer 1

Russia's leaders and nobility had resisted social change.

Answer 2

Russia refused to abolish serfdom and its agricultural past.
Agriculture was technologically underdeveloped and remained in the hands of serfs and state peasants. they were large estate which accounted for about 20% of all farmland but few of them were worked as large scale unit.