The cause of the fall of the Romanov dynasty in 1917 was impacted by many; these people and events include: Nicholas himself (Tsar)‚ Alexander‚ Rasputin‚ WWI and the Russian revolution. It all began in 1894 when a man named Alexander III (Tsar of Russia)‚ died leaving his son Nicholas II to become the tsar of Russia at the age of 26. In 1894 Nicholas married Alexander the princess of Germany; they had 5 children‚ 4 girls and a boy. There only son Alexei was born with hemophilia. In the 19th
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the Tsar’s regime its legacy‚ but were the Tsars policies most responsible for opposition to the regime? The Tsar’s remodelled regime was highly opposed by the Russian people‚ which encouraged opposition towards their regime. The Tsars in general were majorly violent. They implemented this by the use of the Okhrana‚ which were the Russian secret police. They would fight out against people that did not believe in the Tsarist regime‚ usually killing them or sending them to Siberia‚ to where they would
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Apart from being a political satire‚ Animal Farm is a very clever allegory focusing mainly on the political leaders of pre-Soviet and Soviet Russia and also on real historical events preceding and following the Russian Revolution of 1917. One of these allegories is the allegory of the Russian Orthodox Church
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Europe‚ in August 1914‚ it brought an end to industrial unrest in Russia. The country united behind the Tsar and his government in an atmosphere of patriotism. Although Russia invaded eastern Germany and eastern Austrian Hungary‚ by the en of 1916 the Russian army was in retreat. The war also had a major effect on the position of the Tsar and his family. Under the influence of Rasputin‚ an unpopular adviser‚ the Tsarina became increasingly unpopular. finally‚ Russia suffered serious economic dislocation
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The largest land empire in the world belongs to the Mongolian empire. A small nation that was able to pull together under one ruler and stretch its borders from the Pacific Ocean to the western borders of Europe. Such speed and success of their conquests have largely gone unappreciated considering how they conquered more land in twenty five years than the Romans did in four-hundred. The Mongolians can be accredited with founding such countries as Russia and Korea‚ and creating international law.
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Gogol Dead Souls Zach F Dead Souls is an interesting view into the world of Russia during the 19th century. The book is about a man named Chichikov‚ who finds a troubling loophole within the Russian Tax system. Landowners were taxed on all of their land and possessions‚ this also included how many serfs they owned‚ dead or alive. The number of serfs they owned was determined by a national census‚ so landowners would continue to be taxed on serfs that had passed until the next census came around
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Government. Russia had the first communist government in the world. Lenin lead the Russian Communists to power in November 1917. Strictly this should read Russian Bolsheviks as the party Lenin had joined as a young man split in two in 1903. Those who left the party were few in number and became known as the Mensheviks. The majority stayed with Lenin and they became known as the Bolsheviks which means majority in Russian. Lenin was born in 1870. His family was reasonably well off and Lenin wanted
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Britain in the first world war‚ the Russians invaded Eastern Germany with two large armies. However the Germans defeated them at the battles of Tannenburg and Masurian Lakes. Also in 1915‚ Germany turned completely against Russia and launched a series of offensives against the Russian army. By the end of 1915‚ the Russian forces had been completely driven out of Russian Poland. The Russians were beaten and large areas of Russian territory were overrun. In 1916‚ the Russians won against the Austrians and
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Orwell‚ Mr. Orwell shows how the Russian Revolution of 1917 as one that resulted in a government more oppressive‚ totalitarian‚ and deadly than the one it overthrew. There is an abundance of characters in his book that corresponds to those of the Russian Revolution: Old Major‚ Snowball‚ and Napoleon represent the ruling figures of the Russian Revolution ("CliffNotes"). By 1917 most Russians had lost faith in the leadership of Tsar Nicholas II. The first part of the Russian Revolution of 1917 was Russia’s
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“Epoch of Great Reforms”. His reforms made his reign seem as a turning point for Russian history. In this essay I will be discussing what reforms were made socially‚ politically and economically to Russian society between the years 1855-1906‚ and will come to a conclusion as to how much progress was actually made. The Emancipation of the Serfs in 1861 was the biggest social reform made by Alexander II. 80% of Russian society consisted of Serfs‚ which was seen as a threat for the Tsar as he feared
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