Did the nobility want to limit the monarchy? Why?

No Russian nobility was against the limitation of the monarchy. This was due to the fact that the Russian absolute monarchy fully defended the rights of the nobles. Since the nobility was the mainstay of the autocracy in the country. Here you can use the expression “hand washes hand”. Thus, even in the 19th century, most of the old nobility was against any changes. The most important thing for them was to maintain the current order of things. This was one of the reasons for such a late abolition of serfdom, including the slow pace of economic development of the country.