Russia went to war with Japan with the idea of taking parts of China and Korea under their rule. Specifically‚ the territories were Manchuria and Korea‚ and the war was formally known as the Russo-Japanese War. The Russians lost the war because of the distance the army had to travel and Japan and more industrialization. The Russian revolution of 1905 could have been avoided if Russian troops did not attack innocent strikers‚ if the timing for Bloody Sunday was better placed‚ and if Czar Nicholas
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How far was WW1 the main cause of the fall of the Romanovs in February 1917? Tsar Nicholas II was the head of the Romanov family who had ruled Russia for five generations from 1613 to 1762. When Nicholas had inherited the throne he married Alexandra Fyodorovna of Hesse‚ who was from Germany. They had five children together‚ but their popularity was starting to fall by 1914. When there was the outbreak of the war‚ the Russian people criticised Alexandra’s German heritage and Nicholas’s failure
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impacted by many; these people and events include: Nicholas himself (Tsar)‚ Alexander‚ Rasputin‚ WWI and the Russian revolution. It all began in 1894 when a man named Alexander III (Tsar of Russia)‚ died leaving his son Nicholas II to become the tsar of Russia at the age of 26. In 1894 Nicholas married Alexander the princess of Germany; they had 5 children‚ 4 girls and a boy. There only son Alexei was born with hemophilia. In the 19th century‚ Russia was a huge country with millions of extremely
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Tsar Nicholas II in March 1917? The abdication of the Tsar in 1917 is still talked about today; the reasons are still disputed to this day. There are three main views; the optimist view which states that Russia was on the right path but the First World War slipped Russia into revolution. This view is supported by A.Gerschenkron who says‚ “That in the absence of war‚ Russia could have continued in the road of progressive westernisation”. The second is the Marxist view which suggests that Russia was
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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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statement: ‘The October Manifesto marked the formal end of autocratic government; for the first time the Tsar was forced to share his law-making powers’ The October Manifesto was a vague but insincere promise of political reform‚ issued by Tsar Nicholas II at the height of the 1905 Revolution (J. Llewellyn et al‚ “The October Manifesto).The Manifesto‚ a document proposed by Sergei Witte‚ which demanded civil liberties and the creation of a Duma‚ was an important stage in the 1905 Revolution‚ as the
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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‚ the autocratic nature in Nicholas II’s rule‚ which distanced him from the population. There was an economic recession in the early years
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“To what extent was the inability of Nicholas II to bring about effective reforms responsible for the fall of the Romanov Dynasty” The inability of tsar Nicholas II to bring about effective reform was a fundamental cause to the eventual fall of the Romanov Dynasty. Years of discontent and ineffective or absent reform had resulted in widespread displeasure from the Russian public‚ and proved to be the catalyst for much of the protest and rebellion in the following years. However‚ whilst a prevalent
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historic revolution. In 1917‚ tensions among millions of taciturn Russians initiated concerns against the incompetent Tsarist regime. Tsar Nicholas II‚ divine right ruler‚ had repeatedly disappointed the Russian people‚ due to his lack of political ability and belief in his decisions. Tsar Nicholas created an unsystematic‚ corrupt Government‚ lacking control of Russia. Russia’s involvement in World War One was disastrous‚ due to the lack of modern industrialisation and preparation of the military. The
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Topic 1- Decline and fall of the Romanov dynasty Syllabus outline Nicholas II as autocrat Political‚ social and economic grievances in early 20th century Russia The tsar’s failure to address the problems of Russia The role of WWI in the fall of the tsarist regime Focus questions How stable was the social basis of tsarist rule? Why was the government unable to meet the challenges emerging in the first decade and a half century? How important were the Bolsheviks before 1917? What effect did
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