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... In 1722 the establishment of the Table of Ranks brought to its logical conclusion a process

that had been evolving for three centuries. It imposed obligatory lifelong state service on all

ranks of the nobility. It established fourteen equivalent grades in the military, naval, and civil

service and required that even princes of the most exalted families should begin at the lowest

grade and work their way up the ladder. The Table of Ranks offered the privileges of nobility to

anyone who performed state service and made service to the state the principal basis for

privilege ...

Source: Peter Brock Putnam, Peter, The Revolutionary Tsar, Harper & Row, Publishers

According to Peter Brock Putnam, in what way did the introduction of the Table of Ranks attempt to reduce

the influence of the old aristocracy?

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Lily Hess

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8 February, 00:47

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... In 1722 the establishment of the Table of Ranks brought to its logical conclusion a process

that had been evolving for three centuries. It imposed obligatory lifelong state service on all

ranks of the nobility. It established fourteen equivalent grades in the military, naval, and civil

service and required that even princes of the most exalted families should begin at the lowest

grade and work their way up the ladder. The Table of Ranks offered the privileges of nobility to

anyone who performed state service and made service to the state the principal basis for

privilege ...

Source: Peter Brock Putnam, Peter, The Revolutionary Tsar, Harper & Row, Publishers

According to Peter Brock Putnam, in what way did the introduction of the Table of Ranks attempt to reduce

the influence of the old aristocracy?

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Jaidyn Kirby · Answer 1

According to Peter Brock Putnam, the main way tat the introduction of the Table of Ranks attempted to reduce the influence of the old aristocracy was to offer privilidge.