As the test of time shows‚ politics are very crucial to the success of any nation‚ and they’ve always been held as important to a country’s survival. So‚ in turn‚ politicians are important to a functioning government‚ and one specific politician that was an inspiration in his time was Dante Alighieri. Alighieri‚ who lived in Florence from about 1265 to 1321‚ was a politician‚ and a poet. During his time as a politician in Florence‚ Alighieri had acquired many companions‚ but he also saw the dark
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The Russo-Japanese war‚ 1904-1905‚ was a huge milestone that had a significant impact on the reign of Nicholas II. His ruthless thirst for expansion and haughty determination to incite a war with Japan was a shallow decision that led to an embarrassing defeat. This defeat affected the few remaining years or his reign in many facets and was raging fuel for the Russian population. It was a potential ignition many reforms including the social reform of the 1905 revolution‚ significant judicial reforms
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How far was WW1 the main cause of the fall of the Romanovs in February 1917? Tsar Nicholas II was the head of the Romanov family who had ruled Russia for five generations from 1613 to 1762. When Nicholas had inherited the throne he married Alexandra Fyodorovna of Hesse‚ who was from Germany. They had five children together‚ but their popularity was starting to fall by 1914. When there was the outbreak of the war‚ the Russian people criticised Alexandra’s German heritage and Nicholas’s failure
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Was Nicholas solely responsible for the revolution of 1917? The revolution of 1917 was the culmination of a number of factors coming together and causing the volatile mix of reasons to come together and boil over. The people of Russia where fed up with the horrible conditions they had to put up with and decided to do something about it. Some factor I will discuss include the industrialization‚ Nicholas introduced several policies which harmed his countries economic prosperity. One thing that
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exploited due to a series of political‚ social and economic grievances. Also‚ it was widely thought that the Tsar‚ Nicholas Romanov II‚ was unfit to rule his people. Finally‚ with the onset of World War 1 (WW1) and the crippling impacts that it had on the lower classes of Russia‚ the Russian people finally revolted against their ruling authorities‚ which resulted in the March Revolution and Nicholas’ abdication of the throne. This marked the end of the Romanov Dynasty and the start of Communist Russia.
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day of December‚ most Germans celebrate the life and death of the bishop St. Nicholas. He is known as the patron saint of little children. Putting a boot outside your door‚ the night before‚ is part of this memorable tradition. In the morning of St. Nicholas day‚ well-behaved children find their boots filled with chocolates‚ oranges‚ coins or toys. By the end of November‚ children had already written their Nicholas wish lists. Not me‚ I did not have such a list. My parents believed in encouraging
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nationalities‚ many languages” (Sergei Witte) that had been governed this way since Ivan the Terrible’s rule in 1547. It was both the outdated system and Tsar of the time that had caused the collapse of the autocratic regime. Tsarism up until Nicholas I’s rule had been active for about 349 years proving its ability to govern Russia despite its geographical complications‚ but by this time it had become an outdated system of government amongst the rest of Europe. The Tsar’s power enabled him to
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who gave Americans their first detailed information about the Dutch version of Saint Nicholas. In his History of New York‚ published in 1809 under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker‚ Irving described the arrival of the saint on horseback (unaccompanied by Black Peter) each Eve of Saint Nicholas. This Dutch-American Saint Nick achieved his fully Americanized form in 1823 in the poem A Visit From Saint Nicholas more commonly known as The Night Before Christmas by writer Clement Clarke Moore. Moore
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huge amounts of natural commodity such as iron ore and coal‚ but it had low industrial development. Rulers of Russia: Alexander I: (1801-1825) * He was the first tsar of the 19th century * Came into power during the Napoleonic wars Nicholas I: (1825-1855) * Came to power in 1825 (after Alexander I’s death) * He is remembered for being much harsher than Alexander I * Was a strong conservative in his beliefs about serfdom * He tried to conserve his power by
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the Tsars had been powerful‚ strong and had the qualities needed to be a great leader‚ though in 1917‚ the Tsarist regime came to an end‚ with Nicholas Romanov II as the country’s current monarch. Tsar Nicholas played a great role in the fall of Tsarism; his incompetency and lack of leadership skills lead to downfall and created a communist Russia. Nicholas made many mistakes which triggered the collapse‚ which include failure to make the duma work and address the October Manifesto‚ his role in World
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