economic change and modernisation between 1881-1904? After the Crimean War (1854-56) the econmoy in Russia slowly begun to develop. Alexander II set the development of a railwail bulding programm and a limited spread of factories. But Russia’s economy was still not as well-developed as that in western Europe. So a real industrialisation took of in the reign of Alexander III and the help of Nicholas II’s finance minsters Ivan Vyshnegradsky and Sergei Witte. The main point of those developments
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Privet·stvie g-zha Kinghorne i drugimi tovarishchami. Segodnya vy uznaete o Rasputine. Greetings Mrs Kinghorne and fellow comrades. Today you will learn about Rasputin. Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was born a peasant in the small village of Pokrovskoye in Siberia in 1869. At age 18 eighteen‚ Rasputin spent three months in the Verkhoturye Monastery. His experience there turned him towards the life of a religious mystic and wanderer. In 1901‚ he left his home in Pokrovskoye as a strannik (or pilgrim)
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presentation of their background will explain the diverse philosophical and political dialogues that moulded their works. The essay goes on to discuss Russia’s outlets for opinion and the easing of censorship on education following the rise of Alexander II. The essay will conclude by evaluating the impact the intelligentsia had on oppositional activities. It must be made clear that they (the intelligentsia) never actually attained any substantial political authority and thus found it very difficult
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“The survival of the tsar regime in Russia between 1906 and 1914 was due to the weaknesses of its opponents” How far would you agree this verdict? I agree to a certain extent as I believe that there are many other factors which helped the tsar survive 1906-1914. Russia in 1905 was a nightmare; it was a bubbling pot that the tsar was trying to control which just wasn’t working. Some historians feel that the tsar survived the 1905 revolution because he didn’t face united opposition so it wasn’t
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reason for the 1905 revolution in Russia. The turn of the 19th century brought together a series of events‚ discontent and public tension together to form the 1905 revolution‚ which eventually brought an established autocratic Tsarist regime to an end. But previously‚ Russia was in turmoil. With a land mass of over 8 million square miles entailing over 100 ethnic races; limited communication organization and transport which was often impassable leaving sections of Russia detached from governing capability
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opening chapter to upheaval in Russia during the early 1900’s. It was merely a faint echo throughout Europe. The February 1917 revolution‚ however‚ immediately caused the abdication of Tsar Nicolas II. Similar circumstances and a common goal were evident between the two‚ despite having different outcomes. Even so the theme which is shared between the Revolutions is the discontent amongst the Russian people for their leaders. Until the end of the 19th century‚ Russia was ruled by an autocratic Czar
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undergone‚ one starts off the whole chain of events. This was the emancipation of the serfs‚ in 1861‚ by Czar Alexander. The emancipation freed 44 million peasants. The Czar knew that the only way to end the discontent of the serfs and to show that Russia too was a modern society would be to let them free. The Edict of Emancipation caused many problems these uneducated peasants. The land now assigned to them was smaller then the plots they were using as serfs. This was an average of 8 acres. There
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Do you think Peter Stolypin was the Tsar’s last hope? The 1905 Revolution was the build up of the dissatisfaction of Russia’s people with the government. Tsar Nicholas II had turned to key individuals such as Peter Stolypin to save the Tsarist regime. Stolypin‚ Russian Prime Minister from 1906 – 1911‚ had addressed a number of problems which threatened Tsarism by appeasing opposition and therefore putting down revolutionary attitudes. His reforms certainly did help gain back some of the Tsar’s
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After the riots of 1917‚ the Tsarist regime collapsed‚ and many would argue that it was mainly as a result of the First World War beginning in 1914. War broke out in 1914‚ with Tsar Nicholas becoming commander-in-chief in 1915‚ meaning he was away from Petrograd. Not only was this poorly thought out by Nicholas because it gave the people an opportunity to plot against him‚ but as he was away he left Tsarina (also a German princess)‚ Alexandra‚ in charge during his absence. Due to the war being
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How accurate is it to describe the constitutional reforms of the years 1906-1914 as significant? The October Manifesto in 1905 offered many Russians the hope that constitutional reform would be significant. In particular‚ it would bring about a constitution whereby an elected Duma would actually have authority; for example‚ laws issued by the Tsar would actually need their approval. However‚ by April‚ 1906‚ the Fundamental Law would dampen these hopes and ensure reforms were anything but significant
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