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    The Romanov Dynasty held the Russian Empire as one of the most powerful European states for over three centuries. In 1917‚ during Nicholas II’s contradictory reign‚ a revolution began that transformed the empire into the first ever communist nation‚ replacing the infamous autocratic rule and introducing the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The Russian people were ruled by an autocratic government since 1613 when the Romanov Dynasty began. The government was run by the Tsar who had unlimited power

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    Under Czar Nicholas’s rule in World War 1‚ there were 1‚700‚000 to 2‚254‚396 total military deaths and 410‚000 civilian deaths. As the head of the Imperial Russian Army‚ each and every one of these deaths was blamed on Czar Nicholas‚ the Czar of Russia. The wrath of his people later led to the the Russian Revolution and the end of the Romanov dynasty. Czar Nicholas II was an autocratic and inefficient ruler‚ which caused political opposition‚ neglect‚ and internal rebellions. Czar Nicholas was

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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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    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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    Peter Romanov‚ or Peter 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

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    French government banned the Encyclopedia‚ she offered to publish it in St. Petersburg. With these countless actions‚ Catherine won good press in the west for herself and for Russia. Peter the Great westernized the Russian armies‚ but it was Catherine who westernized the thinking of the Russian nobility. Catherine’s second goal was domestic reform‚ and she began her reign with sincere and ambitious projects. One major concern of hers was for there to be better laws. Catherine appointed a special legislative

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    Ottomans and received some Ottoman aid during the war. Besides the political fact that both the western European countries and the Ottoman Empire were hostile‚ potential threats‚ there was little to separate them in the Russians’ minds from a religious standpoint. The Russians were firmly Orthodox‚ and Ivan the Terrible had claimed‚ through a Byzantine ancestor‚ inheritance of the title of Czar. The Islamic Ottomans and the Catholic Europeans were both viewed antagonistically. Corruption and power-hungriness

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    The Russian Empire was at its golden age between18th- 19th century. The Tsarist autocracy was highly praised by the people mainly in relation to religion and social factors. However‚ with the spread of industrial revolution from Britain to Western Europe in late19th century‚ the national power –both political and economic- of Russia became far beyond than the countries nearby. In addition to the appearance of a range of social problems‚ a strong trend of rebellion against authority occurs. The 1905

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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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    Nowadays the language that influences Russian the most is English. English has become an international language and is used all over the world. More and more people‚ both youth and grown ups‚ use this words in their speech. These words are used in all sorts of activities: politics‚ fashion‚ trade‚ medicine‚ law‚ military‚ mass media‚ sports. The aim of my research paper is to investigate the borrowed words in different spheres of life and their usage in modern Russian language. The tasks of the research

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