would have chosen to leave a socialist government. Also‚ a socialist government would place too much power in the hands of the government. The government would be able to abuse their power. They could choose to export grain during a famine‚ like the tsar. A democratic government would have to listen to the people. Then the people could decide whether or not to export grain. A liberal and democratic government would have create the motivation to work‚ and given the Russian people more say in the government
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interrupted and over. Alexander III was careful and generally stayed out of wars meaning he didn’t lose any however he did win one in 1887 against Turkey although he won he gained very little due to great powers intervening. Alexander II also tended to keep out of wars also however when he came into power he was half way through the Crimean War which had 500‚00 casualties. The Russian soldiers only had 1 rifle between 2 and most of them were peasants. However what makes Alexander II more credible is that
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presentation of their background will explain the diverse philosophical and political dialogues that moulded their works. The essay goes on to discuss Russia’s outlets for opinion and the easing of censorship on education following the rise of Alexander II. The essay will conclude by evaluating the impact the intelligentsia had on oppositional activities. It must be made clear that they (the intelligentsia) never actually attained any substantial political authority and thus found it very difficult
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The reign of Alexander III (1881-1894) showed the Tsarist system of government with little modification. Alexander III was a conservative who believed in autocratic power of the Tsar. He openly stated his belief in the "power and right of autocratic government". During his reign‚ Tsarist tyranny reached its high-water mark. The autocratic policy and reforms brought about much discontent in the country with no modernisation what so ever‚ his main focus on maintaining autocratic rule. His policy
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the Crimean war Alexander’s excuse for change. The defeat in the Crimean war was arguably the main reason why Alexander II made a series of reforms when he came into power. The devastating loss of the war proved the backwardness of Russia in relation to other powers and even though peasant unrest and the criticisms of serfdom were partially responsible for influencing Alexander II‚ the decision to make changes primarily came from the loss of the Crimean war. The Crimean war was fought by Russia
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family of the Romanov dynasty. Although there is much speculation as to what happened that grisly night‚ some details still remain unclear‚ and could only be verified by a witness to the tragic events. In the novel‚ The Kitchen Boy‚ author Robert Alexander offers a fictional tale that does just that. Through the perspective of the main character Misha‚ the reader is taken back in time to the early twentieth century where Misha recalls his memories as the young kitchen boy‚ Leonid Sednyov‚ or Leonka
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Tsar Nicholas II survived the 1905 revolution because of extensive repression‚ political and economic reforms and Russification. These combined led to his survival because the reforms appeased some of the opposition‚ reducing its size‚ and the weak opposition‚ combined with extensive repression‚ led to the silencing of the opposition‚ and hence Tsar Nicholas’ survival. Furthermore‚ the Russification helped increase the loyalty of some of Russia’s minorities to the Tsar. Firstly‚ according to Leo
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How far did the defeat in the Crimean War contribute to Alexander II as a reformer? (24 marks) Alexander II had come to the throne in 1855‚ during the closing days of the Crimean war. The war had gone badly for Russia‚ and this set the tone of Alexander’s reign‚ but was it just the Crimean war which started the chain of reform? Or was it already existing pressures? The Crimean war had highlighted the inadequacies in the Russian military. An example of this would be the lack of war materiel‚ such
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Huge changes came to Russia when the tsar Alexander II came to power. His reforms freed the serfs and industrialized the nation’s economy. In the past‚ Russian serfs were tied to the land and worked on the land for the land owners and received no pay. While they were permitted to have farms of their own‚ serfs had to work the lord’s land whenever called upon‚ even during times of harvest when their own crops need harvesting or tending. Due to Alexander II’s reforms‚ these serfs were freed. Once
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landscape. The reign of Tsar Dmitrii I (r. 1605-1606) is an authoritative and exemplary case study on the nature of samosvanents within Russian politics and religion‚ and how by understanding the narrative surrounding Dmitrii I’s reign we can begin to understand the broader
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