Important Nineteenth Century Guys Charts Note: Legacies are gone into detail in the charts Tsar Alexander II Positives | Negatives | * Introduced emancipation edict‚ gave the right to peasants to own land‚ marry their own choice‚ bring suits to court. * Peasants were given their own land. * Zemstvos (local assemblies) were put in place by Alexander‚ they could levy taxes and took charge over matters of education‚ famine‚ public projects * Local and provincial courts were made. *
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terms of both personality and policies‚ Alexander III did not posses the qualities necessary for a successful ruler of late 19th-century Russia” – to what extent to you agree with this judgement? Whilst the judgement could be considered well-founded‚ its validity is a matter of opinion‚ depending on how one defines the qualities of a ‘successful ruler’ of Russia in the late 1800s‚ which policies contribute to this success and what‚ overall‚ makes a Tsar a success or a failure (if the matter
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causes‚ process‚ and outcomes of the reforms. Hugh Seton-Watson’s textbook The Russian Empire 1801-1917 published in 1967 devotes a chapter to the topic of the reforms. He argues that one of the problems that determined the reforms’ outcome was Alexander II’s own conflicting philosophies and the contradictory liberal and conservative influences that surrounded him. Therefore the reforms did not go fare enough because of these conflicting influences on the state’s design of the reforms. He theorizes
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Before 1917 in Russia there was one supreme ruler with full autocratic power‚ there were no elected policies by law and the tsar was seen to have been put into his position by god. Between 1894-1917 the tsar came under pressure generally not suffered by any of his predecessors. The opposition came from four main sides; The government and reform; the actual character of Nicholas II hindered his time in office‚ for example his outlooks on situations meant he did not trust a lot of his advisors‚ he was
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was a History of lost opportunities by the Tsar and his Ministers’. Assess the validity of this statement. In the setting up of the first duma the tsar and his ministers had the opportunity to meet the demands of the people without having to lose any authority or change the system that was already in place too drastically‚ he also could have given the people representation that they so desperately wanted. The events of Bloody Sunday made the Tsar and his governments sit up and listen to the
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What role did Nicholas II play in his downfall? It can be seen by anybody that Nicholas II indeed played a huge role in his downfall. This downfall portrayed political‚ social and economical failures. Firstly‚ Nicholas’ abhorrent autocratic beliefs and his infamous ways of maintaining it contributed to his downfall. Also‚ the infamous massacre known as “Bloody Sunday” also contributed to his downfall‚ and finally the decision Nicholas made to fight in the Japanese and First World Wars all led
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The Twilight of the Tsar: Russian Peasantry at the Turn of the Century Throughout European history‚ there has been a trend towards romanticizing the agrarian lifestyle. From the whitewashing of folktales to Stalin-era propaganda musicals‚ the idealized peasantry are presented as harmonious‚ cheerful‚ and cooperative. This view was especially prevalent in imperial Russia at the end of the 19th century‚ with many writers believing that the Russian peasantry’s “cooperative and communitarian” nature
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has been a key factor in the development of 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
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Why was the Tsar overthrown in February 1917? Was it the work of revolutionaries like Lenin and Trotsky? Certainly not - they were mostly either in prison or in exile. Lenin had said in 1916 that he feared he would not live to see a revolution in Russia! Was it the War? The war certainly had a serious impact on all aspects of Russian society. Defeats undermined the army‚ and economic problems alienated much of the population. Lack of food and fuel in the cruel winter of 1916-1917 certainly
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Alexander the Great is renowned for uniting the known world under his leadership and has grown to mythical proportions in his leadership abilities and skill at arms. He was also a young ruler‚ brash‚ irreverent and narcissistic. His never ending lust to conquer new lands‚ his growing problems controlling his drinking and his relentless pushing of his army all contribute not only to illustrating personal character flaws but possibly to his death. In his young life Alexander was tutored by the
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