Romanov’s were the second and last ruling family in Russia from 1613 to March 15‚ 1917‚ when Tsar Nicholas II was forced to resign. His wife Alexandra and their five children Olga‚ Tatiana‚ Maria‚ Anastasia‚ and Alexei were then put under house arrest in the Ural Mountains. The Tsar was forced to abdicate his throne when protests broke out on the streets of Petrograd‚ which is now St. Petersburg. Later that year the Bolsheviks took power in Russia from the provisional government and set up the world’s
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Russia 1450-1750Western civilization changed significantly between 1450 and 1750. While Russia remained an agricultural society‚ the West became very commercially active and developed a strong manufacturing base. Many of the core areas of the West transformed; governments increased their powers‚ science became the focus of intellectual life. These changes resulted from overseas expansion. Russia‚ on the other hand‚ was heavily concerned with territorial expansion‚ eventually becoming the chief power
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Russia possible essay questions: Collapse Reform and reaction‚ 1855–1881 Why did Alexander II order the emancipation of the serfs in 1861? (12 marks) Crimean War defeat His own beliefs Political considerations Why did defeat in the Crimean War lead to reform under Alexander II? (12 marks) Inadequate army training suggested Russia was not an “elite state” Social unrest caused by the defeat Pressure from intellectuals Explain why Alexander II introduced further reforms following the Emancipation
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Between 1930 and 1940 many Russians migrated to Siberia. The second world war was going on in that time. Many people were deported to Siberia‚ especially anti-communists. The push factor’s of this trend are economical and political trends. In the Soviet Russia that time there were big problems with politics. Joseph Stalin was in power. From 1932 to 1933 there was the soviet famine leading to the deaths of millions. Peasant’s hided their crops since that the communist party of Stalin said that 44% of the
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blood loss‚ but if the wounds are not treated and dressed properly then infection will set in and kill them. In World War I Russia did not die from her wounds but died of infection. Yes Russia faced many problems during the First World War but so did everyone else and yet some of them‚ like the French‚ not only survived the war but ended up winning it. Even saying that Russia lost the war is not the best statement that can be made. A more accurate representation of what happened is that Russians lost
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and modernization shaped its relationships with Western Europe and the Ottoman Empire‚ causing Russia’s leaders to respect and imitate Western Europe while competing with the European powers to fill the power vacuum of the failing Ottoman Empire. Russia emerged as a significant power during the 1500s through war. It fought its neighbors and expanded its territory aimlessly. Ivan the Terrible’s expansion brought him into contact with both Western Europe and the Ottoman Empire. Aiming to gain a port
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As of 1927 Russia was vastly inferior to its neighboring countries industrially. With the ever growing fear of war‚ Joseph Stalin had to industrialize Russia and fast‚ or Russia was going to cease to exist. The result was the First Five Year Plan. In the communist government‚ a ministry was in charge of the execution of plans and there are t wo types of ministries. There was a sectoral ministry and a territorial ministry. The sectoral ministry was in charge of coal steel‚ textiles‚ aviation‚ and
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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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When you think of Peter I or Peter the Great‚ as he gave himself that name‚ one thinks of Russia and the many Tsars that ruled this interesting part of the world. To learn of Peter the Great is to explore his life during 1682 . Peter was responsible for bringing Russia out of darkness and into a more civilized country in hopes that Russia‚ the Motherland‚ would gain the respect of the rest of the European theatre and become a great power. To do this required many changes and reforms which Peter
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Army officers who displayed a lack of initiative and adherence to routine. They were ultimately divided on what to replace the Bolshevik regime‚ as they were an amalgam of separate ethnic groups united only by their desire to eject Bolshevism out of Russia. Furthermore‚ Pipes states that their administrative structure ‘rebounded in the Communists’ favour’‚ in that‚ whilst the Red Army was simply a military wing of a civilian government‚ the White Army were also a military force that also had to act
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