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    Anastasia Nikolaevna Nicholas II was the last Russian tsar of the Romanov dynasty. He was married to tsarina Alexandria‚ and together they had five children: Olga‚ Tatiana‚ Maria‚ Anastasia‚ and Alexei. The family was murdered after Nicholas’ abdication of the throne and being placed under house arrest at the Ipatiev House. Graves were discovered later‚ but it seemed that some of the family was missing. Anastasia and Alexei’s bodies were not found. This mystery inspired movies‚ and some people even

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    Assignment #1: "IT Doesn’t Matter" by Nicholas Carr Nicholas Carr wrote an article entitled IT Doesn’t Matter at first; it reads controversial and needs full of interpretations for the readers. As we read the entire story‚ the author might have a different interpretation of IT and probably points out that we really don’t need IT too much‚ the companies should not spend too much on IT and not more for strategic advantage. Carr said that having IT may delivered the business at risk; instead of

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    began ruling in 1613‚ when Mikhail Feodorvich became the sovereign elect of all of Russia. When Nicholas Romanov became tsar after his father’s kidney failure‚ he confessed to a close friend‚ "I am not prepared to be a tsar. I never wanted to become one. I know nothing of the business of ruling."(Nicholas the 2nd). Though Nicholas had the best education available‚ his father had failed to teach Nicholas the ways of a ruler before

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    Farmer Jones to the real-life Czar Nicholas II of Russia who was also overthrown by those he controlled. Nicholas II was the last czar of Russia. He was born on the 6th of May 1868 and this day‚ ominously‚ turned out to be the Orthodox feast day of St. Job the Sufferer. This seemed to foretell the dangerous and troublesome life that Nicholas had ahead of him (“Czar”). Unlike his father Alexander Alexandrovich Romanov‚ a giant and intimidating leader‚ Nicholas was merely 5’6” and had a gentle personality

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    was married to the Russian Tsar Nicholas II in 1849. The fact that Alexandra took over the power of interior affairs as well as her character and crucial decisions she made‚ together greatly contributed to the end of Tsarism. Tsarina Alexandra took over the power of interior affairs at a crucial moment in September 1915‚ which was one of the ways she contributed to the end of Tsarism in Russian empire. At this point in history of the first world war‚ Tsar Nicholas II took command of the Russian Army

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    MODERN STUDY NOTES: TITLE SUBHEADING NOTES Decline and Fall of the Romanov Dynasty Nicholas II as an Autocrat Nicholas II: Weak and indecisive leader; gentle. Uneducated. 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

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    affair with Raspution so by February 1917 the government was in chaos. The army abandoned the Tsar. On 8 March 1917‚ there were riots in Petrograd about the food shortages and the war. Duma abandoned the Tsar. On 13 March members of the Duma went to Nicholas to tell him to abdicate. d) There are various reasons why the March 1917 revolution was successful. There are relatively widespread but not major facts like the discontent of the Russian people which helped the revolution to be successful and one

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    troublesome burden of ruling and unsettled and distrusted empire‚ so he renounced his right of succession in favour of his brother Nicholas. Nicholas‚ however‚ had been left unaware of the official details of the change and on learning of Alexander’s death he proclaimed Constantine emperor at St. Petersburg‚ at the same time as Constantine in Warsaw was proclaiming Nicholas. For nearly three weeks in December 1825 the throne remained vacant. Russian officers and troops had come into contact with currents

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    Individual consumers need to become more aware of technologies effect on craftsmanship because individual users are distracted from true craftsmanship by technology. Within Nicholas Carr’s essay‚” Is Google Making Us Stupid?”‚ technology and company’s such as Google are distracting one away from a desire for craftsmanship. Nicholas Carr raises the point

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    such as the kadets‚ octoberists‚ and progressives from the fourth duma organised themselves into the progressive bloc and demanded change effectively asking for a constitutional monarchy IN September the defeats on the austri-hungarian front led Nicholas to make the disastrous decision to take on the role of commander in chief of the Russian army and navy travel to the front line. THIS NEW POSITION DID NOTHING BUT PUT HIM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VARYING DISASTERS WHICH BEFELL HIS TROOPS AND STATE‚ WHILST

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