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  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.

Answer 2

Russia's leaders and nobility had resisted social change.