the Great ruled the Tsardom of Russia‚ 1682-1721‚ and later the Russian Empire 1721-1725. He was both revered and hated by the people of Russia during his reign. He is widely known for bringing Russia into the modern age. Though he had trouble claiming the throne for himself in his early life and after the throne was his‚ Peter the Great found ways to modernized Russia‚ one way was by looking towards Europe to give him the knowledge that was needed to bring Russia into the modern era. After being
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Russian socialists and their relationship to the war played a key role in setting the stage for revolution in Russia. Lenin‚ the leader of the radical Bolsheviks‚ was an outlaw and actually lived in Galicia and Switzerland at the beginning of World War I. He carried on a lively debate with the more moderate wing of the Russian Social Democrats called Mensheviks. The key issue was the relationship of revolution to war. Unlike the other socialist‚ Lenin actually was in favor of war at this time‚ because
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The twenty years from 1870-1890 contained many changes in Russia. The great power found herself in numerous surprisingly promising situations‚ such as Eastern Crisis or the Three Emperors League. Though country attained many victories‚ in the end she lost more than she won. After Crimean War Russia had been more or less isolated by the other great powers‚ until mid 1860s when she made an alliance with Prussia‚ on the contrary Empire’s rivalry with Austria-Hungary had not disappeared‚ rather deepened
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leaders. Russia was less developed than other European countries at that time because Russia had rejected Westernization. To rectify this‚ he went to many ways to modernize and westernize Russia. He founded St. Petersburg as a major Russian port city in the west. He also established it as the new capital‚ based on trade with the rest of Europe. New buildings and institutions were built there to modernize Russia‚ before that city was a Swedish swamp. He got experts to teach the people of Russia about
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Peter the great of Russia and Frederick the great of Prussia During the seventeenth and eighteenth century‚ Europe was changing in a different way. This was due to Peter the great of Russia and Frederick the great of Prussia. They both wanted similar things yet they were both different. Both of them wanted the best for their kingdoms‚ they wanted change‚ and that’s exactly what they got. Peter the great of Russia and Frederick the great of Prussia made a big impact in Europe Through their goals
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Between 1906-1914 there were many problems occurring which was affecting the stability of Russia and Nicholas II’s autocratic regime. Soon after the 1905 revolution‚ there was still much tension present in Russia in the early years‚ but by 1914 greater stability had been achieved through a series of social‚ economical and political policies that had been brought about‚ although the underlying factor was that the causes of the revolution were not dealt with properly‚ thus an illusion of stability
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ruled Russia in the 17th and 18th centuries after a long time of bad rulers in Russia. They were once ruled mostly by barbarians‚ but he wanted to westernize Russia‚ and open a window to the west. It was tough bringing Russia out of a time of religious rule and poverty. He ended up making Russia one of the greatest empires of the time by improving Russia’s army and navy‚ gaining a lot of land‚ and bringing major intellectual changes. They were a major Eurasian power. Peter really took Russia out
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reign ushered in a revolutionary political system that would change the world. He claimed his throne unprepared after the sudden death of his father "Alexander III". His father rarely taught him the things necessary to control an empire as big as Russia and shortly after this‚ the country quickly fell into turmoil. Many unfortunate incidents occurred during his rule‚ the first one being at his corronation in Moscow (1895)‚ where a number of people (the number itself is disputed and ranges
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To What Extent was the Tsar the Cause of the Fall of Tsarist Russia in February 1917 1917 was a year of infinite importance for Russia‚ as their country would never be ruled in the same way again. Countless strikes‚ demonstrations and rebellions were constantly being put down through the use of force‚ and the unsettlement throughout the citizens was stirring‚ becoming more and more of a threat to the autocratic rule. Although‚ a great deal of the blame for the revolution was put on the Tsar‚ there
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Late imperial Russia 1890-1917: how was Russia set up to be the nation it is today? Introduction: ‘Imperial Russia’ all started in the 17th century where a man named Tsar Ivan IV ‘the terrible’ battled and defeated the Mongols which were the previous rulers of Russia. He appointed himself the emperor of Russia and his heirs would carry on his principles and his way of ruling throughout the century’s to build a strong nation. The Tsars of the Romanov dynasty would carry on ruling till the last reign
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