‘The Russian Revolution of 1905 was a result of social and economic modernisation thwarted by a reactionary regime.’ Discuss. The Russian Revolution of 1905‚ while it ultimately failed to overthrow the Tzarist regime‚ was said by several people‚ including Lenin‚ to be a ‘dress rehearsal’ for the Russian Revolution of 1917. Russia was an autocratic country ruled by an autocratic Tzar‚ where the Tzar ruled as he wished and was supported by the privileged nobles‚ who owned land and serfs. The distinction
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How far did Witte improve and modernize the Russian economy? Before Witte came into power‚ Russia was in a state of crisis. Due to many factors (including the tsarist system‚ geography and lack of education and ingenuity) Russia was 500 years behind the western powers. Witte‚ as finance minister oversaw Russia’s transition economy from 1892 to 1903. Witte aimed for greater exports‚ ambitious industrialization‚ and large foreign loans. He hoped to modernize Russia and make it competitive with other
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OPPONENT-PROCESS THEORY Opponent-process theory is a psychological and neurological model that accounts for a wide range of behaviors‚ including color vision. Simply it says “All colors are combinations of responses in three underlying bipolar systems (Red/Green‚ Blue/Yellow‚ and Black/White)”. This model was first proposed in 1878 by Ewald Hering‚ a German physiologist‚ and later expanded by Richard Solomon‚ a 20th-century psychologist. Introduction The color opponent process is a color theory that
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How far was the growth in support for Fascism in the years 1919-22 responsible for Mussolini’s appointment as Prime Minister? In October 1922‚ King Victor Emmanuel III appointed Benito Mussolini as the 13th Prime Minister of the Italian state. Between 1919 and 1922‚ the Fascists had begun to appeal to a larger audience‚ such as the industrialists‚ the army and the middle classes‚ but in 1922 only held 7% of the vote. This means that although support was an important factor in Mussolini’s appointment
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Russian History 1881 – 1914 What was Russia like in 1881? • 82% of the population were illiterate peasant farmers. • No technology was used on farms – subsistence farming. • Largest standing army in Europe. • No political parties and the press was heavily censored. • Fierce loyalty to the Tsar – often enforced by brutal secret police. • Royalty owned most of the land – Tsar’s estate was larger than some countries. • 1861 – Tsar Alexander II freed
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How successful were the Russian governments in promoting economic change and modernisation between 1881-1904? After the Crimean War (1854-56) the econmoy in Russia slowly begun to develop. Alexander II set the development of a railwail bulding programm and a limited spread of factories. But Russia’s economy was still not as well-developed as that in western Europe. So a real industrialisation took of in the reign of Alexander III and the help of Nicholas II’s finance minsters Ivan Vyshnegradsky
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S13hsm 2 Joe Pendlebury How far was the Provisional Government responsible for its own downfall? There are many factors which were responsible for the Provisional government’s downfall. Some are more important than others because they had more impact on the downfall. The War‚ the distribution of land and the people in the provisional government all contributed to the downfall of the provisional government. They each had different amounts of impact. The Provisional Government had a programme
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How far was over-speculation responsible for the Wall Street Crash? There were many underlying problems and factors which connected together and lead to the Wall Street Crash in 1929‚ causing the depression which in turn caused many problems for America and sent waves across the rest of the world. Over-speculation was one of the main factors which lead to the Wall Street Crash. During the 1920s more Americans invested and bought more shares. As they did so‚ prices kept rising which meant
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The Tsarist autocracy has succeeded for more than three hundred years‚ but the Russian Revolution that occurred on November 1917 ended the long term autocracy. During this time period‚ Tsar Nicholas II was the leader of Russia and indeed the last one. He caused Russia’s downfall and made many Russians frustrated about the government. The Tsar did not acknowledge the nation’s problems and failed to improve the lives of the citizens. As the Russians struggled with limited rights and lack of help from
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The Fall of Tsarist Russia‚ The Rise of the Soviet Union. “To the very end‚ through its inflexibility and ineptness‚ the autocracy had been the principal architect of its own downfall. -Christopher Read Russia‚ prior to the rise of the Communist powers‚ was a simple country‚ with the Romanov bloodline at its helm. The country‚ with its sprawling landmass and spread out population‚ was perhaps one of the least developed countries in Europe. (Bruner) While the rest of the world changed
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