hated‚ strong‚ weak‚ shy‚ and proud. Alexandra was not born a Russian but could be considered more patriotic than more of her husbands’‚ Tsar Nicholas II‚ subjects. As time went by and she had more children she was seen less out in public and isolated her family from the Russian society. As the last child came along‚ Tsarevich Alexei‚ Empress Alexandra completely failed to attend to her duties as Tsarina and lost all the sympathy of her Russian people. Tsarevich Alexei was later on found to suffer from
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Sunday took place in Russia 1905. The Russian people worked in horribly unsafe factories‚ the country entered an unnecessary war and was losing it‚ and the government was corrupt. When new leadership came into play‚ one may think that things are bound to get better‚ but in the case of Russia‚ things just got worse. So the people of Russia did the only thing they thought would get attention; a peaceful protest where they would make demands to better the Russian
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The Russian Revolution of 1917 was made up of a series of revolutions in Russian with the aim to disassemble the authoritative Tsarist autocracy that eventually led to the upsurge of the Soviet Union. During this time‚ a new wave of innovative filmmakers who were determined to create a new way of seeing came about. Before the revolution‚ Russian films were dark‚ slow-moving melodramas featuring popular stars‚ but by 1917 the Russian film industry was galvanized by young men and women who despised
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Nicholas Romanov was an indecisive man who was easily influenced by others. Although it was not his character that was the decisive factor in bringing on the revolution. He may have been a leader at the wrong time‚ but if he had related better to the Russian peopale for the time he was in power his leadership may have been more effective. Russia before 1917 was the largest country under one empire. In economic terms it was backward‚ as it was late industrialising and late to emerge from feudalism. In
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Alexander II and they even tried to several times but failed. The People’s WIll contacted the Russian governmHe ent and offered a deal which was stopping the terror campaign in return they demand a constitution that provided free elections and an end to censorship for the Russian people. And on 25th of February‚ 1880‚ Alexander accepted to consider the People’s Will demand to grant a constitution for the Russian people. He tried to keep the reformers satisfied but at the same time
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members were exiled abroad."[3] In 1924‚ Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich‚ the direct male-line patrilineal descendant of Alexander II of Russia‚ claimed the headship of the defunct Imperial House of Russia. Since 1991‚ the succession to the former Russian throne has been disputed over validity of marriages. Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia claims to hold the title of Empress in pretense with her only child‚ the 34-year-old George Mikhailovich‚ as heir apparent. Prince Dimitri Romanov claims
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The Russian Empire under the rule of the Romanov Dynasty for almost 300 years grew and cemented itself as a major global power. From its ambiguous beginnings in 1613‚ the Romanov dynasty was born from the boyar nobles of feudal Russia‚ evolving to become the historically significant head of a modern empire. Yet‚ almost as soon as it was born‚ the Romanov family fell to the rigours of a changing world. Long and short term influences alike converged to topple the ailing autocracy‚ yet perhaps the most
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Topic: What point does Leo Tolstoy’s story “After the Dance” (pgs. 71-75) make about Russian society? What moments or details in the story help to convey this point? Explain in a carefully written essay‚ supporting your argument with evidence from the text. Tolstoy’s “After the Dance” is essentially a representation of Russian history and the exposition of a dark side to the seemingly regal atmosphere of the Russian aristocracy first introduced at the ball. Using literary elements such as symbolism
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Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries saw a development of many strong and powerful monarchs. Most of these monarchs were dynamic rulers whose success was due to their attention to all aspects of rule‚ in particular‚ economics‚ society‚ and foreign policy. Two monarchs who show their strengths and weaknesses in these categories are Elizabeth I of England and Catherine the Great of Russia. Though similar in some methods of their rule‚ Catherine and Elizabeth held very different foreign policies. These
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the February revolution of 1917 which brought down Nicholas II and the Romanov dynasty. Even then opposition still differed in opinion‚ however it was unified by one common cause. Throughout the period‚ the peasantry were providing opposition to Russian Government. However opposition was repeatedly ineffective. The Polish revolt of 1863 during Alexander II’s reign was crushed by the army in much the same way as the 1953 East German revolt and the 1956 Hungarian rebellion were crushed under Khrushchev’s
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