bayonet against the newest rifles‚ the inability to support the war effort and the undersupplied armies due to a lack of transport. Russian troops weren’t equipped to fight against the advanced weapons of the French and British‚ when their ammunition ran out they were unable to restock since there was no form of transport other than ox drawn carts. Proof of Russian backwardness was exemplified here; Russia’s serfdom based economy was unable to support the cost of the war‚ influencing Alexander II
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Art 1A Jiajun Lin Wan Jen Chou The Russian Bride’s Attire We went to the Legion of Honor museum in San Francisco last weekend. We found an oil painting that was named “The Russian Bride’s Attire (1887)”. We were very interested about this oil painting. The author’s name is Konstantin Makovsky‚ he was a Russian. He was born in Moscow‚ 1839 and died in St. Petersburg‚ 1915. In 1863‚ a group of 14 students thought to leave The Imperial Academy of Art‚ and Makovsky was one of them. He thought the rules
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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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In the period of Russian history that is covered‚ strong critics of the Tsarist regime didn’t attack the notion of autocracy‚ but instead criticized the corruption and inefficiency of the Tsar’s officials and landlords... The collapse of Tsardom in 1917 had many causes
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Terrible changed Russian history and continues to live on in popular imagination. His political legacy completely altered the Russian governmental structure; his economic policies ultimately contributed to the end of the Rurik Dynasty‚ and his social legacy lives on in unexpected places. Arguably Ivan’s most important legacy can be found in the political changes he enacted in Russia. In the words of historian Alexander Yanov‚ "Ivan the Terrible and the origins of the modern Russian political structure
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repetition‚ balance and climax. The poem relates an incident which occurred during the Crimean war in 1854. England‚ France and Turkey fought the Russian forces. The battle took place at a small port Balaclava in Crimean. The British Light Brigade‚ a cavalry of unit of six hundred soldiers were ordered to fight the Russians‚ a war ordered to change a battery of Russian guns. Though the soldiers knew it was a wrong order‚ almost all of them laid down their lives. Their immortal heroism has been recorded by
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Furthermore‚ Russia lost against Japan in the War portraying the Tsar as weaker compared to how he was already viewed by the population‚ making this another very important factor as the Russians felt they needed a stronger leader and
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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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with battles such as Tannenburg costing the Russian army as many as 230‚000 dead soldiers and many more captured by the forces of the Kaiser. Russia’s second army under the command of General Rennenkampf executed a retreat after the demise of the other half of Russian forces and whilst this was skilful 1.5 million men met death on the eastern front‚ if not from the enemy then the crippling lack of food and starvation that faced most soldiers of the Russian army. The news of these defeats did not fall
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violent suppressing of the Russian people on ‘Bloody Sunday’ brought forth a wave of protest that argued for better leadership and civil rights for the people‚ and yet it wasn’t until 1906 that there became a decline in power in the Romanov rule‚ and so how did the Tsarist regime last until then‚ and what was the main reason? Immediately after the revolution there was a lack of official responses from Nicholas II‚ as he failed to listen to the problems of the Russian people and situations that were
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