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    tsar nicholas II

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    Nicholas II was the last tsar of Russia. He was deposed during the Russian Revolution and executed by the Bolsheviks. Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov was born near St Petersburg on 18 May 1868‚ the eldest son of Tsar Alexander III. When he succeeded his father in 1894‚ he had very little experience of government. In the same year‚ Nicholas married Princess Alexandra of Hesse-Darmstadt (a duchy in Germany). They had four daughters and a son‚ Alexis‚ who suffered from the disease haemophilia. Alexandra

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    Constantinople and Rome on converting pagan peoples in the northern Europe reached its peak in the tenth century. Although the breakup of two churches happened in 1054‚ the Russian allegiance to Byzantium helped to determine much of the subsequent history of the country. The Prince of Kiev‚ Saint Vladimir Svyatoslavich‚ the baptizer of the Russians‚ adopted the Christianity in 988 according to the Primary Chronicle. This decision by Prince Vladimir was the result of a process of heightened activity by missionary

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    The best way to search for viable alternative entry strategies is to watch the mistakes IKEA made and the problems they had by entering the Russian market. But first there are several company related attributes to mention. IKEA is a company which is highly related to their Swedish tradition and origin as this is a basically part of their marketing strategy and corporate identity. Many people are connecting IKEA’s Swedish image with the way IKEA is communicating their product range: Cheap‚ easy and

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    faced a multitude of problems when he ascended to the throne in 1825‚ first and foremost of all these was the Decembrist Revolution by Russian officers. Second was Russia’s crippling economic backwardness‚ and the slowly crumbling social systems of the old autocracy. Due to Nicholas the I Slavophil outlook on economics he had all but refused to modernise the Russian economy instead leaving it to sit stagnant whilst Western economies of Britain and France thundered ahead. This neglect of industry was

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    freedom. Since the Russian people were totally against conservatism he didn’t satisfy any of their demands. This lead to the creation of secret societies and to increasing revolutionary spirit in Russia‚ which Alexander felt he had to limit. All this factors affected his failure and ended up in his assassination in 1881‚ by a policeman. His death had three main consequences‚ which would affect the Russian history. The first was that by his death‚ his successors in the Russian throne‚ in order to

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    holy places within the Ottoman Empire; it sought special considerations for Latin Christian churches from the Ottoman Turks; these were granted (1852) and the Russians‚ who favoured Greek Orthodox Christians‚ were roused to action. 1853 Russian Tsar Nicholas I delivered an ultimatum to the Turkish government in May. The Russian demands were refused and in July its forces occupied Moldavia and Walachia (now part of Romania). 1853 The Ottoman Empire declared war on Russia (Oct. 23). 1854

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    Studies Go). Aside from that‚ working conditions were unfavorable for the workers‚ and Russia’s corrupt bureaucratic system broke the people. Instead of being an effective working machinery of the tsarist government‚ bureaucrats were condemned by the Russians. This is because they were easily bribed since most of them were uneducated. As such‚ the laboring class was

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    Effects Of Ww1 On Russia

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    The Effect of the First World War on Tsarist Russia. When historians examine the effects of the First World War on Russia they think of four key questions: 1. Why did Russia get involved? 2. How did the Russian people react to the outbreak of war? 3. Why did Russia do so badly during the war? 4. What impact did involvement in World War One have on Tsarist Russia? Why did Russia get involved in the First World War? The ultimate cause of the First World War began in the Balkan

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    Century was a time of huge political turmoil in Russia. In the midst of the turmoil emerged an undisputable mastermind‚ a man not only capable of mystic healing and sorcery but also of enormous political significance. This man was Grigori Rasputin‚ a Russian peasant who navigated himself to a position of high command within the imperial government. The motives for Rasputin’s actions have been heavily debated over the course of the last century. This has given rise to the question of whether Rasputin was

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    The Congress of Berlin

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    Turkey). In addition‚ Serbia‚ Romania‚ and Montenegro were granted their independence. The territorial and state alterations were intended to check Russian expansion and the growth of the pan-Slavic movement‚ which argued that ethnically Slavic peoples (in Russia and the Balkans) should be united under a single flag. - The Russo-Turkish War - The Russian and Ottoman empires fought quite a number of conflicts during the 18th and 19th centuries. However‚ the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 was an attempt

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