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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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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Lenin‚ a Red Tsar? It is widely accepted that Lenin was to be the next Tsar of the time‚ The Red Tsar in fact. With his views gradually growing more radical‚ this can be seen to be true in a lot of instances. Lenin was a key figure in European history. Lenin led the Bolsheviks to overthrow the Russian Tsar‚ and to bring socialism to Russia. Lenin introduced Communism to Russia. This changed the history for Russia as well as the rest of Europe‚ and to this day has had a huge effect on the Russian
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defined the Tsar as the absolute ruler; highlighting the beginning of Russia’s political backwardness in an epoch where all major western countries were forming democratic and representative government. Russia was a state ruled by oppression and operated by a denial of free speech; leading often to extremism; and with a resented Russification system‚ the government control was deteriorating. The social structure of Russia was built up through an autocratic pyramid classification; the Tsar with dominant
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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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Why did opposition to Alexander II grow in the 1870’s? During 1870’s opposition towards Alexander II arose because of two reasons‚ one of which was his sudden reactionary attitude after an assassination attempt in 1866. As a result of this event‚ Alexander‚ who was at the time strongly influenced by conservatives‚ saw a reason for his unpopularity the western aspects he brought to Russia by his liberal reforms and therefore removed all liberal ministers he appointed before and replaced them with
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Conditions under the Tsar Russia used to be ruled by the Tsars Before February 1917‚ Russia was ruled by the Tsars and the Royal Family were the Romanovs. The Tsarist system was an autocracy (ruled by one person). Tsar was ruled by decree‚ his word was law. USSR’s Population was very diverse(variety; very different ) Russia was a multi-national and multi religious state. Most of russias population was Russian but there were significant minorities including Ukrainians‚ Fins‚ Poles and Georgians
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window and climbed in. It was shocking in there. Literally. There was lights and candles up above and gold up to the horizon of our eyes. We walked beside paintings of the Tsars‚ among the likes of Peter the Great‚ who founded the Empire. Seeing Alexander II‚ who freed the slaves‚ but didn’t do enough. And at the end‚ we saw Nicholas II‚ who caused the war and the famines. We ripped the painting of him off of the warm-colored walls and stabbed it with our bayonets. I reacted‚ “He is not God’s representative
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ALEXANDER THE GREAT It is hard to provide an exact definition of leadership‚ courage‚ & heroism because every person has his own opinion. The qualities a leader possesses are not always the same; they can vary according to the time in history he lived in‚ the problems that are occurring throughout that time period‚ and also the people whom the leader is leading. Alexander’s childhood played an important role in his development into a great man & military Leader. Many things of his childhood contributed
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