military aspect of Tsarist Russia. The reforms implemented by the Tsar can be seen as Russia striving to emerge as a superpower amongst the West. There is historical controversy as the sources suggest that Alexander II used the reforms to strengthen autocracy and secure his position as Tsar; modernisation was merely a consequence to the events that took place within his regime. The interpretation that Alexander II’s reforms were for the benefit of the people
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“As ethics and morality were laid much more emphasis and craftsmanship was disregarded in ancient time‚ people disinterested in exploring the world.” Therefore‚ the standpoint that stupid emperors and their autocracy determines China’s recession is untenable. When we go further on this issue‚ there is another one question that we shouldn’t avoid−why China’s feudalism has lasted for thousand years? At this moment‚ we need to come back to the study of our culture. Compared with the ancient Greece
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How significant was the First World War in bringing about the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II in March 1917? The abdication of the Tsar in 1917 is still talked about today; the reasons are still disputed to this day. There are three main views; the optimist view which states that Russia was on the right path but the First World War slipped Russia into revolution. This view is supported by A.Gerschenkron who says‚ “That in the absence of war‚ Russia could have continued in the road of progressive
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Review of “The Bottom Billion” by Paul Collier Over recent decades various countries have developed exponentially while a select few‚ referred to as the “bottom billion‚” are failing to escape poverty. Paul Collier focuses on this group‚ arguing that through consistent growth‚ the bottom billion can escape poverty. Unfortunately‚ poverty traps such as conflict‚ natural resources‚ being landlocked with bad neighbors and bad governance; coupled with the lack of productive intervention policies‚
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Tsar refused to move with times; see changes and reforms. Close relations with Queen Victoria. Manipulated/Heavily influenced by wife Tsarina Alexandra. Austrian princess – granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Pressured Nicholas to preserve autocracy. Autocracy: Russian 1900’s – Tsar + family ruled completely – no democracy. King was religious AND political leader: - Divine rule (put on Earth by God to govern). Tsar was “appointed by God” to rule as his representative on Earth. Most countries = constitutional
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I will discuss the concept of a Republic‚ also known as a Representative Democracy. The Openstax American Government textbook describes a Democracy as a political system in which people govern themselves (pg. 8). This system can come in the form of a Representative Democracy or a Direct Democracy. Direct Democracies are ones in which the citizens themselves participate directly in making laws (pg. 14). This type of government occurred in Ancient Athens. The United States Government‚ on the other
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character and the charisma that his father had possessed and that was necessary in gaining the fear and respect from the people of his country. Over the next two decades‚ the people’s dissatisfaction toward the Tsar escalated until‚ in 1917‚ the autocracy fell. Tsarism collapsed as a result of the inability of the tsar and his advisers to handle the social‚ economic and political problems of Russia in the two decades leading up to and during the First World War. According to one historian "tsarism
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almost no threat but in reality Athens ran the show. In 454BC the treasury moved to Athens and by 450BC most members were Athenian proving they had the majority of control of the Delian league‚ so what set out as a pretty democratic league became an autocracy. The Spartans started another league called the Peloponnesian league. This was a league set up by Athens with their allies. This was a dictatorship and proud with a hatred for democracy which caused tension with the Delian league which was potentially
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backward for a long period of time and the population being ignorant and uneducated. This meant the population of the working class was only 4% and freedom of speech was censored proving difficult to keep under control. The fact that Russia was run by autocracy made it difficult to rule as it meant every decision had to be ran through him which could take a while and make people in Russia
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1917‚ a series of strikes led by working-class women broke out In the capital city of Petrograd (formerly St. Petersburg) * On March 8‚ about 10‚000 women marched through the city of Petrograd demanding “Peace and Bread” and “Down with Autocracy” * This strike shut down all the factories in the city by March 10 * On March 12‚ the Duma or legislative body that Czar Nicholas II had tried to dissolve‚ met and established a provisional government‚ which mainly consisted
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