few similarities‚ the differences were more significant between the Russian serfs and the Caribbean slaves in the years 1450 to 1750. Both Caribbean slavery and Russian serfdom were similar in the sense that they were both purchased and sold by slave traders. These systems were not anything like indentured servants. Indentured servants worked under a contract by their own will. The Caribbean slaves and the Russian serfs were bought and sold against their own free will. Unfree labor systems were designed
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To what extent did the Russo-Japanese War precipitate revolution in 1905? The Russo-Japanese War lasted from 1904 to 1905‚ and arose from both Japan and Russia’s desire for expansion. Russia suffered many great defeats in this war‚ against a nation that was considered inferior and was not one of the Great Powers. This was humiliating for the people of Russia‚ and caused them to lose confidence in Tsar Nicholas II‚ as well as causing great military‚ economic‚ and political problems for Russia. This
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World War One was a dreadful conflict that lasted four years (1914- 1918) and involved all major powers at the time. It was the first total war ever which means it affected all sections of the society‚ not only the soldiers fighting on the front. People of the belligerent countries felt the impact of the war through labor deficiency‚ food shortages and rations‚ government propaganda‚ censorship… Women played a vital role in keeping the war going. They convinced their husbands‚ sons‚ relatives to
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This system kept peasants and serfs living in poor conditions. This system did not always benefit
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How far was the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905‚ responsible for the outbreak of the 1905 Revolution? The Russo- Japanese War‚ although an important rationale for the outbreak of the 1905 Revolution ‚ was caused by many other problems which made a foundation for the War as well as the Revolution. Due to the War the economy suffered‚ adding on to the problems that Russia was already facing from a lack of preceding modernization‚ making this very important as the majority were affected causing
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During the 19th and early 20th century‚ western Europe was the dominant force in the world. Western influence spread like a wildfire‚ filled with ideas of industrialization‚ western cultures‚ practices‚ and political structures‚ and brilliant technology. Merchants‚ diplomats‚ and many others travelled around the world to share their influence and knowledge. The West’s neighbors‚ Russia and China‚ and also Japan soon felt the presence of the West trickling further into their countries than it previously
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Do you think Peter Stolypin was the Tsar’s last hope? The 1905 Revolution was the build up of the dissatisfaction of Russia’s people with the government. Tsar Nicholas II had turned to key individuals such as Peter Stolypin to save the Tsarist regime. Stolypin‚ Russian Prime Minister from 1906 – 1911‚ had addressed a number of problems which threatened Tsarism by appeasing opposition and therefore putting down revolutionary attitudes. His reforms certainly did help gain back some of the Tsar’s
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It wasn’t uncommon for a serf to live in a thatched roof one room house‚ alongside his pigs.Even in the streets of the cities‚ animals lived closed to humans and animal feces covered the sidewalks. Medieval Europe was a tinderbox for disease. When the plague arrived in Sicily‚
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“Serfs‚ who were not free persons‚ had some rights but many burdensome obligations. Unlike slaves‚ they could not be sold off the land or dispossessed from their landholdings. Their tenure on their farms was hereditary‚ but they owed heavy rent to the landlord
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Discuss the social and political ideas of Alexander Herzen Often named “the founder of Russian Socialism” (Chubarov 1999‚ Page 64)‚ Alexander Herzen was an important part of the early Russian revolutionary movement‚ and later an influence upon the revolutionaries of 1905 and 1917. He was a strong advocate of free speech as well as being critical of the European Bourgeoisie‚ the inequality of serfdom and the autocracy of the Tsar and the Romanovs‟. His beliefs began in the radical Westernisers who
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