faced an impossible task? Threat of Political Opposition - Soviets had more power than any other ‘body’; this was because they were looked upon as the legitimate authority in the land. - They shared a dual authority with the Soviets. The All-Russia Soviet claimed the right to issue laws. From Feb to Oct 1917‚ major areas of policy to be agreed upon by both. The Petrograd Soviet was the closest and also the strongest force threatening the authority of the PG as the 2 groups met in different ends
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History Essay “Considering the difficulties he inherited‚ Alexander II of Russia should be praised not criticised for his reforms.” To what extent do you agree with this judgement? After the death of Nicolas I‚ the Tsar’s heir‚ Alexander II‚ rose to power in 1855 and led Russia to an era of changes. Considering the difficulties he inherited‚ Alexander II should be praised and not criticised for his social‚ judiciary‚ and military reforms as he successfully abolished serfdom overnight‚ implemented
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How far had Russia made Political‚ Social and Economic Progress before 1914 On the one hand‚ Russia had made Political‚ Social and Economic progress before 1914 due to a number of reforms. Beginning with progress‚ A Duma had been instated which gave the middle class a feeling of a little more authority. There was a right form political parties which resulted in over 20 different political parties which ranged to extreme to democratic and had 524 deputies. The Tsar had appointed Pyotr Stolypin
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What problems did Tsarist Russia face at the turn of the century? Russia was a vast country and industrially backward. They were at a serious disadvantage as they were 40 years behind the rest of the world industrially. This was because although they had a lot of resources such as coal and oil‚ they could not get to it. The ground was frozen and Russia did not have the machinery or the experts to get to their resources. Therefore they had to seek foreign aid and employed experts to handle the machinery
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To what extent did Russia undergo economic and political reform in the years 1906-14? – Sam Puckey During the period of the four dumas‚ of 1906-14‚ the regime re-established its control through harsh repression‚ but also brought in some significant reforms to reduce the likelihood of another revolution. Whether these measures went far enough to do this is doubtful‚ but their impact is impossible to judge accurately because new problems caused by the WWI confuse the picture. Peter Stolypin‚ the Tsar’s
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What problems did Russia have during the reign of Alexander III? Alexander III inherited many problems in 1881 following his father’s death. Alexander III was known to have been extremely conservative and reversed many of the reforms and liberal measures of which his father (Alexander II) had begun before his death. Alexander III returned conservatism in Russia and despite Russia’s attempts of becoming a modern European state by the 1870s Many amongst the educated classes felt that the emancipation
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To what extent did Russia undergo economic and political reform in the years 1906-14? After the 1905 revolution Russia was in need of reforms both economically and politically‚ to allow it maintain its role of a great power and to prevent another revolution occurring the answer to this was the October Manifesto. However‚ due to the stubbornness of the Tsar who was determined not to relinquish his autocratic powers‚ what may have appeared as reforms were largely superficial making little change in
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There were many changes made to the government and economy of Tsarist Russia between 1881 and 1914‚ however fundamentally I do not think either were completely transformed as the country was still under almost complete control of the Tsar and the majority of people had a very limited political voice‚ and also the economy remained a major issue with few problems solved. Considering that in 1881 Russia was incredibly underdeveloped and mainly based on agriculture‚ there were many changes made. The
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Mollie Bentley –Rowe To what extent did Russia undergo economic and political reform in the years 1906 – 1914? Russia underwent economic and political reform to a limited extent. Although Peter Stolypin was pushing for reform‚ he was undermined by the mindsets of peasants and the fundamental law. From the years 1906 – 1914‚ Peter Stolypin was pushing to de – revolutionise the peasantry and put into place economic reform‚ and there is evidence of this working. During these years large
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16/09/12 Sam Lardner The main reason why Russia was considered backwards was the agricultural economy. How far do you agree with this statement? Plan: Introduction: Short intro into main points‚ Geography‚ Economy‚ Politics and Society Structure. Explain that the supposed factor is important in relation to the question however‚ there are other factors
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