successful social reform. Serfdom did not improve society because it was similar to slavery. It led to economic decline‚ rural instability‚ and discontent peasants. Many rebellions occurred during this century because of serfdom. As a result‚ the Russian government decided to balance the interests of lords and serfs. The emancipation of serfs was needed because Russia’s weakness was revealed from their loss during the Crimean War. Russia’s army of serfs was no match against the forces of France and
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It is no accident that the name that is attributed to the heroine in a number of Russian novels of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries is named after some derivation of the name Elizabeth. Karamzin is the first to revere this name in his work Poor Liza and it is this work that sets off a chain reaction that causes the occurrence of subsequent characters in Russian literature. This character can particularly be found in works such as Pushkin’s Queen of Spades‚ Griboyedov’s Woe from Wit‚ and
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not‚ but you are not the only one. Most people have heard of Alexander’s brother‚ Vladimir‚ more commonly known as the great Russian revolutionary Lenin. Vladimir is credited as the man responsible for the Russian Revolution‚ but his revolutionary cause may have been sparked because of his older brother’s death. Therefore Alexander may be just as responsible for the Russian Revolution as Vladimir. Alexander was born in 1866. His father‚ Iyla Nikolaeyich Ulyanov‚ was an inspector of public schools
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revolutionaries; succeeded by Alexander III. | |1883 |First Russian Marxist group formed. | |1894 |Start of reign of Nicholas II. | |1898 |First Congress of Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP). | |1900
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revolution had little impact but it is important to know that the Bloody Sunday which sparked 1905 revolution was starting point where the bond between the tsar and the people was heavily severed. This caused loss of popular support for Nicholas II. The Russian Revolution of 1905 was not a sudden event‚ but rather the culmination of years of discontent caused by several factors which were the poor economic condition of the peasantry‚ who had seen little improvement in their lives following emancipation‚
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The Influential Revolution During the Russian Revolution‚ people lived in a world clouded by propaganda. It was hard to know what is wrong and what is right‚ what is a lie and what is the truth. In today’s world‚ people can distinguish the truth with a click of a button or through various media sources‚ such as newspapers. During the Russian Revolution‚ the newspaper was a very influential tool that affected the thinking of individuals. The Communist Party that was in total control during the revolution
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The tsarist regime‚ also referred to as the Russian political system‚ involved the repression of civil liberties‚ intellectual freedom and human rights in general. The regime was against any change in the country and frequently displayed their attitude in violent demonstrations and brutal massacres. The tsarist government faced opposition from many different social classes and occupational groupings‚ however it wasn ’t until1917 that it was overthrown. The regime survived until then due to the relative
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shortages had inevitably led to inflation. By the war time‚ the price of meat had risen 300% while flour prices risen by 200%. The people had no way and no money to buy those expensive raw materials. In such bad condition‚ they weren’t helped by the Russian ‘scorched earth’ policy whereby large areas of farmland were set alight to prevent food resources falling into the hands of the Germans. The people were
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in the formation of 15 sovereign states‚ bringing about an end to the Cold War. The Russian Federation was the most developed of the formed nations. However‚ its internal state has deteriorated‚ causing tremendous socio-economic change in the new nation. The focus of this investigation is to inquire about the extent to which the collapse of the Soviet Union impacted the socio-economic disintegration of the Russian Federation during its formation in the early 1990’s. Both aspects are closely intertwined
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the Governments were extremely repressive to their citizens and they were responsible for the death of millions of its citizens. Both nations manufactured a form of cult around their leaders that to this day is still prevalent in both nations. The Russian revolution began in 1905 when unarmed civilian marched towards Czar Nicolas II Winter Palace. Bloody Sunday as it is called was January 9‚ 1905 it is estimated that one thousand people were murdered that day as a result of the Czar’s thirst for power
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