Which statement describes a way in which Russia differed from western Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?
A
Most Russians of all classes were Orthodox Christians, not Catholics or Protestants.
B
Russian peasants gained land rights and personal freedom before these reforms reached western Europe.
C
Russia was the first country in Europe to establish a constitutional monarchy.
D
Russian nobles embraced the Enlightenment long before their western counterparts did.
A
B
C
D