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.