Topic 1- Decline and fall of the Romanov dynasty Syllabus outline Nicholas II as autocrat Political‚ social and economic grievances in early 20th century Russia The tsar’s failure to address the problems of Russia The role of WWI in the fall of the tsarist regime Focus questions How stable was the social basis of tsarist rule? Why was the government unable to meet the challenges emerging in the first decade and a half century? How important were the Bolsheviks before 1917? What effect did
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The Romanovs had ruled Russia since 1613. When the last tsar of all‚ Nicholas II‚ was appointed to the throne in 1894‚ there was no hint of the fate that awaited him. Many among the huge crowds that lined the streets for his coronation celebration saw him as their "little father." They believed God had supposedly appointed Nicholas to rule an empire covering about one-sixth of the earth’s land area. In 1894‚ Russia was at peace. Foreign investors promoted its industrialization. Russia was ranked
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The last Tsar Nicholas II ascended the throne in 1894 and was faced with a country that was trying to free itself from its autocratic regime. The serfs had recently been emancipated‚ the industry and economy was just starting to develop and opposition to the Tsar was building up. Russia was still behind Europe in terms of the political regime‚ the social conditions and the economy. Nicholas II who was a weak and very influenced by his mother and his wife had to deal with Russia’s troubles during
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List the Royal family members: (there are 11 to list) Tsar Nicholas II‚ Tsarina Alexandra‚ Olga‚ Tatiana‚ Maria‚ Anastasia‚ and Alexeiand ‚Eugene Botkin‚ Anna Demidova‚ Alexei Trupp and Ivan Kharitonov 2. How many bodies were found in the burial site in Yekaterinburg‚ Siberia? 9 bodies 3. The three ways that the age of the skeletons can be assessed are: Pelvic regions‚ wisdom teeth and vertebrae. 4. The pubic bone can determine _______ from ______ as well as ___________. Male and
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000 exiled. The secret police‚ spies and censorship were restored to the country. The Tsar survived the 1905 revolution‚ but some serious questions remained. The most serious was the possibility of another revolution. If he was to prevent this‚ Nicholas needed to reform Russia and satisfy at least some of the discontented groups that had joined the revolution in 1905. The Duma deputies who gathered for its first meeting in 1906 were hopeful that they could help to steer Russia on a new course. They
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Bianca Lynch Literary device essay In the novel At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks He uses mood to help you understand the main character‚ this also helps you to empathize with his problems and correlate to how they may feel. Another literary device he uses to help you connect to the novel is imagery; he paints an elaborated picture of the town Jeremy Marsh now lives in with his new wife Lexi. The Author describes Boone Creek‚ a small town in NC Jeremy Marsh has recently moved to for his fiancé
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attempted uprising of opposition to Tsar Nicholas II was unsuccessful due to the separate groups of opposition. The revolutionary forces were made up of different social classes of Russia‚ such as the industrial workers‚ the peasantry and political groups such as the Social Democrats and the Kadets‚ each with separate reasons for revolting – for example the Kadets’ wish of developing a constitutional monarchy. The October Manifesto‚ a concession by Nicholas II weakened the by settling the problems
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be a very powerful leader‚ he was actually very vulnerable and inexperienced in not only the leading of the army but the leading of the Russia as well. One mistake the Tsar made was taking over the army. By being in control of the army the Tsar Nicholas II not only was blamed for Russia’s poor performance in the war but he also left the Tsarina to run the government; this didn’t sit well with the people as she was unpopular amongst the people. The Tsarina was unpopular with the people as she was
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“The old order collapsed because it failed to solve economic problem” The Russian Revolution of February 1917 was not directly attributed to the Tsar’s failure to solve economic problems. There were a wide range of causes to the downfall which can’t be directly associated to the failure to solve economic problems. Russia’s industrialisation as a result of the reforms of 1891 proved crucial in the fall of the old order. After Witte’s reforms of the late 1890s the population of Petrograd doubled
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father was the Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Her mother was Alexandra Fyordorvn‚ the granddaughter of Queen Victoria and her husband Albert‚ which makes Anastasia their great granddaughter. Her parents had four daughters‚ and one son‚ Anastasia was the youngest of the girls. Her older sisters names were Tatiana‚ Maria‚ and Olga‚ and her younger brother was Alexei Nikolaevich. On July 17‚ 1918‚ the Romanov family was ambushed by the Bloshevic secret police a year after Nicholas Romanov‚ Anastasia’s
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