remaining 47 members were exiled abroad."[3] In 1924‚ Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich‚ the direct male-line patrilineal descendant of Alexander II of Russia‚ claimed the headship of the defunct Imperial House of Russia. Since 1991‚ the succession to the former Russian throne has been disputed over validity of marriages. Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia claims to hold the title of Empress in pretense with her only child‚ the 34-year-old George Mikhailovich‚ as heir apparent. Prince Dimitri Romanov
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had a lot of influence on how the country was ruled. The workers and peasants‚ quite understandably‚ found this very unfair and wanted change. Nicholas II became the Tsar of Russia after his father was assassinated. He never wanted to‚ nor was he capable of‚ ruling an empire as large and diverse as Russia. There were many difficulties in ruling Russia‚ such as the huge amount of land the
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father was the Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Her mother was Alexandra Fyordorvn‚ the granddaughter of Queen Victoria and her husband Albert‚ which makes Anastasia their great granddaughter. Her parents had four daughters‚ and one son‚ Anastasia was the youngest of the girls. Her older sisters names were Tatiana‚ Maria‚ and Olga‚ and her younger brother was Alexei Nikolaevich. On July 17‚ 1918‚ the Romanov family was ambushed by the Bloshevic secret police a year after Nicholas Romanov‚ Anastasia’s
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Tsardom collapse in 1917? In February 1917‚ all were stunned when what started off as a demonstration regarding shortages of food and fuel‚ escalated into a protest attempting to overthrow Tsar Nicholas II. However‚ nobody could have predicted what the result would have been‚ as when Tsar Nicholas II abdicated‚ there was nobody to assume the position of Tsar‚ and so 300 years of Romanov rule came to an end. Although it came as a surprise‚ the failure of the tsarist regime happened for a number
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An Analysis of Rasputin’s Political Influence The early 20th Century was a time of huge political turmoil in Russia. In the midst of the turmoil emerged an undisputable mastermind‚ a man not only capable of mystic healing and sorcery but also of enormous political significance. This man was Grigori Rasputin‚ a Russian peasant who navigated himself to a position of high command within the imperial government. The motives for Rasputin’s actions have been heavily debated over the course of the last
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seemed to tempt many women. It was rumored that his charm seemed to almost hypnotize people. Rasputin though‚ not only charmed his way into the rich public‚ but also captured the interest of the most important couple in Russia; Czar Nicholas II and his wife (The royal couple of Russia). It was not only his personal magnetism though‚ that gave him so much power. It was the ability to heal the bleeding of Alexis (the son of the royal couple) who suffered from hemophilia. One day‚ Rasputin had witnessed
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Mensheviks and Bolsheviks in 1903. This was because some members of the what was to become the Bolsheviks‚ wanted to have a violent revolution‚ whereas the other members wanted to wait until the capitalist stage of the Marxist theory was complete as Russia was not ready for a proletarian revolution. This was the idea of the members who were to become the Mensheviks. However‚ whilst this was happening‚ another progressive feature of the state of affairs were in motion‚ the peasants were becoming radicalised
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Modern Quotes: Romanovs: Historians: ’His reign saw Imperial Russia go from one of the foremost great powers of the world to an economic and military disaster.’ - Anna Yudina ‘Nicholas said over and over again: ’As God wills.’ It wasn’t as God wills. He had made mistakes and he was leading Russia in the wrong direction…’ - Robert K. Massie ’The people of Petrograd were cold and hungry – a dangerous combination for Nicholas’ - Historian Chris Trueman ’The growing influence of Gregory
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tsarist system dated back decades; however people in Russia were getting noticeably more and more dissatisfied with their lives and the way their country was run‚ as Russia started to modernise. The 1905 revolution was the first time that tsar faced a direct challenge from all three major classes‚ the peasants‚ the proletariat and the intelligentsia and bourgeois‚ at once. The peasants made up the bulk of Russia’s population‚ of whom Tsar Nicholas II had little understanding of. The peasants were severely
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Siberian monk‚ described by Jennifer Brainard (2008) as “an unwashed sexually promiscuous peasant”. Rasputin was born in 1869‚ arrived in St Petersburg in 1904 and was first connected to the Romanov family in 1908 when he was called upon to aid Tsar Nicholas II’s only son in his illness (Jennifer Rosenberg‚ unknown date‚ The Murder of Rasputin). Eight years later‚ in 1916‚ three Russian nobles murdered Rasputin in an attempt to prevent the inevitable Russian Revolution of 1917 (Maria Aprelenko‚ 2011
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