Assess the view that the Tsars preferred repression to reform in the period 1855 to 1906 While the reforms between 1855 and 1906 strongly suggest the Tsars preferring a policy of reform rather than repression‚ the unexpected consequences of many if not all of the reforms lead to repressive policies. Tsar Alexander II in particular‚ was very determined to modernize Russia but was not prepared for the liberal and democracy encouraging consequences and thus felt the need to counter reform. This was
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1. Nicholas II Nicholas II was the last Czar of Russia from 1894 until 1917 when he was forced to abdicate. He was the leader of Russia during a turbulent time when the Russian society was ready for the changes he was not willing to make. Nicholas II would lead Russia into War World I as the commander of the Russian army despite his qualifications to do so. He wouldn’t back down from war and let his country slide into worsening circumstances which would eventually lead to his abdication and the
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WHYMAN TIMES RASPUTIN: SEX MANIAC OR HOLY MAN? Grigory Rasputin‚ a strongly religious peasant‚ who eventually applied a powerful influence over Nicholas II and Aleksandra‚ the last Tsar and Tsarina of Imperial Russia. He is one of the most mysterious and dark individuals of Russian history. Grigory Rasputin claimed that he was a starets (a holy man) from Siberia. It was rumoured he belonged to a religious sect‚ the Kylysty‚ who believed that the way to religious cloud nine lay in the senses. Men
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Alexander II Nikolayevich became emperor of Russia in March 1855 after the death of his father Nicholas I. Regarded to many historians as the ‘Great Reformer’‚ Alexander II was believed to have transformed Russia and to because one of the greatest reformers in Russian history. He managed to emancipate the serfs and bring about reforms in education‚ military‚ justice‚ censorship and the economy. Despite all of this Russian society was unsatisfied‚ ultimately leading to the assassination attempts that
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Half the Sky Reaction Paper A lot of people don’t know about the trial and tribulations that women go through in other parts of the world. I also had no idea just how much women suffer in other countries until I read Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDonn. This book is truly heartbreaking and will definitely leave an impact on you. While reading this book I was so disgusted by the way men treated women in foreign countries like Cambodia‚ India‚ Africa and etc. I feel
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AS History Homework Determined to preserve the Autocracy‚ in what ways did Alexander III in fact lay the foundations for its destruction? Alexander III struggled to keep his large multi-ethnic empire together‚ as a major change within Russia was expected of him after his late father Alexander II begun some reforms. He needed to maintain the complete power over Russia in order to preserve autocracy‚ while facing pressure from some of his advisers to reform the empire to make it more democratic
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Does Alexander II truly deserve the title of liberator? To liberate is to set free (a group or individual) from legal‚ social or political restrictions. There is evidence to suggest that he disliked serfdom. Even his father‚ Nicholas I‚ believed that serfdom was an “evil palpable to all‚” and Alexander II was certainly even more liberally educated than his father. His arguably most fundamental reform was the emancipation of serfdom in 1861. As he said‚ “It is best to abolish serfdom from above
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There were many changes made to the government and economy of Tsarist Russia between 1881 and 1914‚ however fundamentally I do not think either were completely transformed as the country was still under almost complete control of the Tsar and the majority of people had a very limited political voice‚ and also the economy remained a major issue with few problems solved. Considering that in 1881 Russia was incredibly underdeveloped and mainly based on agriculture‚ there were many changes made. The
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democracy; the abolition of capital punishment. The return of Lenin - On Lenin’s arrival into Petrograd’s Finland Station on April 3rd 1917; he makes a speech condemning the Prov. Gov. claiming that the revolution of February 1917 (that led to Tsar Nicholas II’s abdication) did not give the Russian citizens political freedom‚ but rather had created a parliamentary system ruled by UC and MC bourgeoisie. - In his April Thesis‚ he rejected the dual authority split between the PG and the Soviets. Stating
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of surrender indicating poor morale and an unwillingness to sacrifice oneself for a nation that did not particularly value the individual. Ultimately the military failings led to a public losing faith in both the war and the leader behind the war‚ Nicholas. In addition to this the exorbitant cost of the war‚ which between 1914 and 1917 was four times that of the total expenditure of the government in the last peacetime year‚ 1913. The government managed to raise such huge amounts
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