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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Divisions of opposing groups of the Tsar were important to the survival of Tsarist Russia. However‚ other factors such as the church‚ the belief of the divine right‚ the army and the Okhrana were also effective in keeping the Tsar in a state of power. Firstly‚ the opposition groups of the Tsar were known as the Populists‚ the Liberals and the Marxists. Each group had its own ideas on what was needed for Russia and each group wanted change‚ however‚ there were many problems within the groups and
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within Russian history. It drastically altered Russia’s economic‚ political and social stipulation. One could propose the argument that this event lead to the fall of communism in 1990‚ further more suggesting the extent to which this event affected Russia. Hence this is ‘perhaps the most defining moment in Russian history‚ with its impact being seen many years after the event itself’. Although historians identify short term effects of this event‚ the significance to which this event developed Russian
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contrast the domestic policies of Alexander II and Alexander III Alexander II and his successor and son‚ Alexander III‚ inherited Russia in different states and degrees of turmoil. Due to these pressures‚ both were required to make alterations to the systems in place‚ such as that of politics and economics. However the natures of their crisis were different and therefore the subsequent modifications varied and were‚ in many cases‚ controversial. Alexander II came to power in 1855 and had to
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autocracy inflicted its brutality upon the Russian people from the time of Ivan III (Oxley‚ 2001) until the death of Tsar Nicholas II‚ a span of 455 years (Why
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Discuss the economic‚ social and political grievances in Russia at the turn of the C20th and their contribution to the downfall of the Romanov Dynasty. Nicholas II‚ the last tsar of Russia‚ had neither the qualities nor the desire to rule imperial Russia. Born in Tsarskoye Selo in 1868‚ Nicholas was the eldest son of Alexander III‚ the fearsome tsar who had reimposed autocracy and oppression on the Russian empire after the murder of Alexander II. Those who met the young tsarevich‚ described him as pleasant
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nations worldwide. Like every movement‚ industrialization is followed by both positive and negative effects. The industrialization of Russia was no exception to this theory. In 1861‚ under the rule of Alexander II‚ Russia moved into an active period of social and political reform that established the base for industrialization. It wasn’t until the 1890’s that Russia finally entered the industrial age. This was due‚ in part‚ to the fact that earlier czars feared losing the support of the nobles so
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associated with particular personalities in the central government: the sultans Abdülmecit II and Abdülaziz‚ and the high-ranking bureaucrats Mustafa Reşid Paşa‚ Ali Paşa‚ and Fuad Paşa. The Tanzimat was preceded by earlier reform efforts since the eighteenth century‚ particularly by Abdülmecit I and Abdülaziz’s father‚ Mahmud II‚ between 1808 and 1839. And it would be followed by reforms in the early reigns of Abdülhamit II and the Young
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Germany‚ Rasputin and Tsars bad decisions was also some of the causes which led the Romanovs to fall. It all began in 1894 when Alexander III‚ died leaving his son Nicholas II to become the tsar of Russia at the age of 26. Nicholas was married to Alexander the princess of Germany which they had 5 children‚ 4 girls and a boy. The only son Alexis was born with hemophilia. Russia was a huge country with millions of extremely poor farming peasants. These peasants lived horrible lives‚ many were starting
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|Start of reign of Tsar Alexander II. | |1861 |Emancipation of the serfs. | |1874–81 |Growing anti-government terrorist movement and government reaction. | |1881 |Alexander II assassinated by revolutionaries; succeeded by Alexander III.
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