Compare and Contrast the domestic policies of Alexander II‚ and Alexander III Tsar Alexander II and his son Alexander III were two different minded leaders who both sought for the best of Russia by changing the ancient ways of Russian beliefs and modernising them to allow Russia to become a world power once again. The father and sons ways of thinking where completely different as the father went for a more liberal approach for Russia‚ while his son had a conservative view when changing Russia. But
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Tsar of the world’s largest country‚ covering a quarter of the world’s land surface. Although known as the ‘Russian’ Empire‚ it compromised a large number of ethnic groups‚ with the Russians making up only half the population. It was the Russians‚ however‚ who completely dominated the political and economic system. Alexander III faced the problem of keeping this large multi ethnic empire together. At the same time‚ he needed to maintain his own supreme political power – which was difficult‚ because
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The Russian Empire: Catherine the Great Questions: 1. My empire was established by Ivan IV (the terrible). He was crowned the first Tsar of Russia in 1547. During his long reign‚ Ivan the Terrible expanded the already large Russian territory by taking over the three Tatar khanates: Kazan and Astrakhan along the Volga River‚ and Sibirean Khanate in Southwestern Siberia. So‚ by the end of the 16th century Russia was a multiethnic and transcontinental empire. 2. My empire handles different languages
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away. The empire stretched across two continents which meant that millions of the emperor’s subjects had to travel very far to get the other side of Russia. The size of the country also meant that there were many different nationalities and languages within the empire‚ hundreds in fact. This also made it hard to govern Russia as the people had different opinions on what the empire should be like and so Many resented being dominated by the Russians as they did not agree with the Russian way of ruling
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The last Tsarina of the Russian Empire Alexandra Feodorovna contributed to the end of Tsarist‚ autocratic rule of the Empire in a set of different ways. Born as part of the German royal family in 1872‚ she 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
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civilization of Kievan Rus ’ developed‚ encompassing a small portion of modern day Russia. Around 1220‚ the Mongols arrived in Russia where they significantly influenced the Russian culture. In 1762‚ Catherine the Great became empress where she patronized Western culture. From the civilization of Kievan Rus ’ to the Russian Empire of Catherine the Great‚ Russia ’s contacts with the west‚ political structure‚ and territorial boundaries had significantly changed. Contact with the with the west was cut
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Napoleon’s Russian Campaign‚ which occurred during the year of 1812 is considered as one of Napoleon’s longest and hardest campaigns but also one of his greatest during his lifetime. The French invasion of Russia led to a major turning point in Napoleon’s plans‚ France’s future‚ and also changed Europe’s history. Napoleon was to face death by the tens of thousands of the french army week by week during this campaign. This Napoleonic Campaign was just the beginning of defeat that Napoleon was to encounter
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Christians in the Byzantium Empire The Byzantine Empire was in fact the Eastern Roman Empire. Byzantium was established in the year 395 and came to an end in 1453. During the Byzantine reign of power‚ we shall see imperial Christianity which was distinctive to Byzantium. This was a rule were the Pope was not the ruler over the Christians but it was effectively the Emperor who held control over the church. This included appointing prominent bishops and also appointed patriarchs.1 The religious aspect
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The war had an adverse effect on the Russian economy. The rising cost of food caused food shortages. Industrial workers went on strike to increase wages and by the end of the war and a new government emerged following Nicholas II abdication. The already delicate domestic political situation in Russia would be imperiled by Nicholas II’s personal affiliation with the military wealth of his country. Any other military commander could be blamed for a disaster and then dismissed‚ but by taking personal
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end a three hundred yearlong rule of the Dynasty. It eliminated the hereditary monarchy that Russia had lived under for hundreds of years. Despite the Romanov’s many attempts of reformations that had positive but mostly negative effects on the Russian empire‚ the royal family were witness to many assassinations‚ but the monarchy was never at risk of being eliminated. However‚ the Dynasty saw its last Tsar‚ namely Nicholas II‚ and the rest of the royal family assassinated due to the political factors
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