jan 1, 1767 - Legislative Commission

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Created by Catherine The Great in 1767 to advise her on revising the law and government of Russia. She knew extreme reform would only work if she had popular support, and she utilized this electoral commission to understand popular opinion. Before it convened, Catherine set a series of instructions which contained many ideas drawn from the enlightenment. Ultimately, she dismissed the commission before several of its key committees had reported, yet the meeting was not useless and collected huge numbers of information about conditions of local administration and economic life.

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