“How firmly was the Tsar in control of Russia before 1905?” Russia was an Autocracy before 1905 and the Tsar was Nicholas 2nd. Many people dispute over whether he was in control or not‚ the main factors being: The Tsar’s leadership‚ Opposition to the Tsar‚ Social and Economic conditions and finally means of control. It can be argued that some factors are more important than others‚ but they are all significant in how I believe the Tsar was losing control. The Tsar’s flaws as a leader were an
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activity was established by the Populists and their appeal to the peasants‚ though they were weakened by the assassination of Alexander II and the repression established by Alexander III. The Social Revolutionaries tried to gain support among both peasants and townspeople‚ but were divided between anarchists and revolutionaries. The Social Democrats split into Bolsheviks and Mensheviks at the 1903 Congress‚ while the Liberals did not establish distinctive parties until after the 1905 Revolution. A simple
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Assess the consequences of the 1905 revolution for Russia? ‘Stolypin’s necktie’‚ this quote was a piece of black humour which nicknamed the execution noose after Stolypin‚ in a period of mass executions during 1906 and 1911. Arguably this quote shows one that the 1905 revolution did not achieve a legislative‚ peaceful Russia. However‚ in this essay one will argue that even though there was significant political change in the way that the tsar’s power had been diminished from the October manifesto
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’The underlying causes of the 1905 revolution in Russia were not political. Whatever the revolutionaries wanted‚ it was not the overthrow of the Tsar.’ How far do you agree with this claim? This essay will assess the claim that the underlying causes of the Russian revolution of 1905 were not political and the revolutionaries did not intend to overthrow the Tsar. The 1905 Russian revolution was caused by a number of different factors. The Russo-Japanese War and the Red Sunday were some of them
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Germany is completely responsible for the outbreak of world war I. They are responsible because of three reasons one of the reasons is the Blank Check‚ the ultimatum‚ and the Schiefflen plan. Therefore it is completely valid to claim that Germany is responsible for the outbreak of world war I. The Blank Check was a sympathy card given to Austria Hungary from Germany. Germany gave unconditional support to Austria Hungary. Germany gave the support to Austria Hungary because of the assassination
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the Caribbean was the Haitian Revolution. This School Based Assessment (SBA) is aimed at identifying the main causes and effects of the Haitian Revolution. Another aim off this school Based Assessment is to seek to find out why most slave protest and rebellions failed to destroy the system of slavery. Factors that were responsible for the outbreak of the Haitian revolution Class division was a major factor‚ which contributed to the outbreak of the Haitian Revolution. In St Domingue
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held largely or solely responsible for the outbreak of World War One. The extent of which Germany should be held responsible for the outbreak of World War one is debatable. One could argue that Germany and her aggressive and competitive nature towards the other European powers‚ highlighted by the Schlieffen plan‚ make Germany largely responsible for the outbreak of war. On the other hand‚ being in the middle of several great powers‚ it is fair to suggest that Germany was merely protecting itself
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How accurate is it to say that the growth of reformist groups in the years from 1881 was the main cause of the 1905 revolution There were a number of reformist groups from 1881. Key examples of these were groups such as the Kadets‚ the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks. All three of these groups had slightly different aims. But all of them wanted something in common and that was change in Russia. Therefore as we clearly see reformist parties did put a large amount of pressure on Russia and on the
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Who caused the outbreak of World War One? If you would ask people who was responsible for world war one‚ most of them would say – Germany. But even though after WW1‚ the blame was given on Germany‚ Many historians are still unsure which country was most responsible for the outbreak of war. Since 1900‚ there was tension in Europe. There were wars and other events that caused crisis in countries. But the spark of the world war lit only after the 28 June 1914‚ when Gavrilo Princip‚ a Bosnian Serb
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"To w hat extent was Germany responsible for the First World War." There are many different factors that contributed to the outbreak of WWI. The most important of these are imperialism‚ the arms race‚ the alliance system‚ nationalism and the assassination of the Austrian Arch Duke. Although Germany has a share in the responsibility of these factors‚ she was definitely not the lone cause. Many powerful European nations played a roughly equal part in their contribution‚ which consequently started
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