the economy. And some changes were either successful or not. In 1905 the Russian Revolution took over Russia with political riots. The cause of the Russian revolution was the State Duma which was introduced in 1906. The State Duma is the lowest part of the House of the Russian parliament. It reviews and analyzes bills for it to be passed by other members of the legislation. The State Duma also established the Russian legislature. In 1861 during the reign of Alexander II of Russia‚
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Also‚ in doing this he left his wife‚ the Tsarina Alexandra‚ who was German and a monk‚ Rasputin in charge. This made Nicholas very unpopular with the Russian people‚ who believed that even though she had tried to ’become’ Russian‚ by converting to the Russian Orthodox Church and adopting Russian customs‚ she was a spy. Rasputin was seen by the Russian people as a ’mad monk’ and not to be trusted. Another way in which the fall of Tsarism could be seen as because of the First World War is the failings
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Peter the Great‚ the Tsar of Russia from 1682-1725 was a hero for the Russian people. He fought to make the country bigger and improve trade‚ made huge changes in the social and economic structures of Russia‚ and expanded the Russian military strength into a much larger power. Peter the Great spent two years trying to capture territory near Turkey called Azov. He did this for two different reasons. The first was to strengthen alliances in Europe against Turkey because of religious tensions. The
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towards industrialisation and keeping up with the West. This approach was similar under Nicolas II who also managed to have a great impact on Russia’s industrial economy. This was through the work of Sergei Witte whom at the time of his appointment the Russian economy still resolved predominantly around agricultural production further showing that under Alexander II impacts was limited. Witte continued the idea of foreign expertise as well as taking out foreign loans‚ raising taxes and interest rates to
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lives‚ many were starting to wonder why the tsar had all the wealth and they had none. In 1905 Russian Revolution was sparked off by a peaceful protest held on January 22nd. Thousands of demonstrators such as students‚ factory workers‚ revolutionaries‚ doctors and teachers marched through the cold and snow covered streets of St Petersburg to Winter Palace to protest about their lifestyle‚ led by a Russian Orthodox priest‚ Father Gapon. When the peaceful protestors arrived they were confronted by troops
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answers to this statement. -Tzar government was significantly weakened by FWW- Before 1914‚ Russian society was very unhappy with the Tzar government. Surprisingly‚ Russia participation in the war woke up Russian people patriotism and people disagreement on Tzar´s government remained in the background‚ almost forgotten. This was the first time in many years that Russian citizens were proud to be Russian‚ in fact‚ they were willing to fight for their country. Terrorist strikes against Nicholas ceased
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The state of Russian individuals‚ particularly those of the working class‚ known as the protoliterates‚ like the ranchers and the production line laborers were extremely woeful as contrasted with other European nations. It was principally because of the despotic legislature of the Czar Nicholas II who threatened these individuals step by step by his degenerate and abusive arrangements. The state of the plant specialists was woeful. They couldn’t structure any exchange unions and political gatherings
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the throne. Alexander II’s reign did not start as promising as one would have hoped‚ with his inheritance of the bloody and draining Crimean War‚ which eventually ended in 1856 with the Treaty of Paris‚ that ruled Russian warships out of the black sea – a deafening blow towards Russian intentions and dominance in the Balkans. Due to this‚ Alexander II recognised that in order to create stability at home‚ military and domestic reforms were vitally necessary. From this the abolition of Serfdom was
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and rebellions has plagued Russian History and opposed the Tsars in the past. From this‚ Alexander III wanted to keep reformers out of the Government in an attempt to reduce opposition and keep stability. He was somewhat successful‚ there were fewer rebellions against the Tsar and stability was in order for long periods of time. Alexander III also opposed the military reforms his father had made; he changed the conscription rules and reduced the size of the Russian Army. This was welcomed by the
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Should Animal Farm be studied in school? Yes‚ Animal Farm should be studied in school. Animal Farm teaches about the Russian Revolution in an allegory‚ and shows how being uneducated can make you easily persuadable. It does this by the use of Animals to replace the Russian government‚ people‚ and leaders. Such as Napoleon who is symbolizing Vladimir Lenin and Snowball who represents Trotski. Throughout the book most of the animals are uneducated and are not very smart‚ and if you are not educated
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