Saint Simon Claude Henri de Rouvroy‚ comte de Saint-Simon‚ often referred to as Henri de Saint-Simon (17 October 1760–19 May 1825) was a French utopian socialist thinker. Saint-Simon was born in Paris. He belonged to a younger branch of the family of the duc de Saint-Simon. He claimed his education was directed by Jean le Rond d’Alembert‚ though no proof of this exists; it is likely that Saint-Simon himself invented this false intellectual pedigree. At the age of sixteen he was in America helping
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<center><b>It was Tzar Nicholas 2 political naivete and extreme obstinance that led to the downfall of the Russia</b></center> <br> <br>Certain aspects of Tsar Nicholas 2’s behaviour definitely contributed to bringing about the fall of the Russian Empire‚ however most of these qualities were not weaknesses in character as such‚ they were qualities we would associate with poor leadership. When we say weakness in character’ we mean being easily influenced/controlled by others. Nicholas himself was
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Assess the following statement: ‘The October Manifesto marked the formal end of autocratic government; for the first time the Tsar was forced to share his law-making powers’ The October Manifesto was a vague but insincere promise of political reform‚ issued by Tsar Nicholas II at the height of the 1905 Revolution (J. Llewellyn et al‚ “The October Manifesto).The Manifesto‚ a document proposed by Sergei Witte‚ which demanded civil liberties and the creation of a Duma‚ was an important stage in the
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families were friends. In 1889‚ when Kerensky was eight‚ the family moved to Tashkent‚ where his father had been appointed the main inspector of public schools (superintendent). Alexander graduated with honors in 1899. The same year he entered St. Petersburg University‚ where he studied history and philology. The next year he switched to law and received a degree in 1904. In the same year he got married to Olga Lvovna Baranovskaya‚ the daughter of a Russian general Kerenski had joined the Narodnik and
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December 14th‚ 1825‚ a date Russia experienced its “first liberal revolution”. After the death of Tsar‚ Alexander I‚ intellectuals and former military men‚ revolutionaries known as the Decembrists attempted to overthrow the recent established reign of Nicholas I. This was the first attempt at overthrowing the absolute royal power in modern Russian history. Unfortunately for these men‚ the attempts failed and the revolt was suppressed by Nicholas I’s army‚ leading to deaths‚ arrests‚ the execution
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It could be said that Russian literature did not rise to a powerful and meaningful media until the 17th century‚ when the Russian literary language underwent drastic changes due to the influence of contacts with the West; and as a result it incorporated elements of Greek‚ Latin‚ Polish‚ German‚ French‚ and most recently‚ English vocabulary and syntax. While on the same account‚ there is two sections of this sort of evolved storytelling‚ one being Russian literature that a person might learn in the
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Nicholas II research: Source 1: “The daily work of a monarch he found intolerably boring. He could not stand listening long or seriously to ministers’ reports‚ or reading them.” Written by Kerensky in 1934. Kerensky was the leader of the government which took over when the Tsar abdicated in 1917. Source 3: “Nicholas II was not fit to run a village post office.” Said by an unknown cabinet minister Source 4: “He never had an opinion of his own … always agreeing with the judgement of the last person
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the early 1800’s and wrote philosophical works that stimulated human thoughts. He died at the age of 59. Born: November 11‚ 1821‚ Moscow‚ Russia Died: February 9‚ 18811‚ Moscow‚ Russia Education: Military Engineering-Technical University‚ St. Petersburg Time Period/ Genre: All of Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote all of his work between 1846 and 1881. Poor Folk was the first social novel in Russian history as Vissarion Belinsky (most important critic in that time period) would have described it. Fyodor
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Russia possible essay questions: Collapse Reform and reaction‚ 1855–1881 Why did Alexander II order the emancipation of the serfs in 1861? (12 marks) Crimean War defeat His own beliefs Political considerations Why did defeat in the Crimean War lead to reform under Alexander II? (12 marks) Inadequate army training suggested Russia was not an “elite state” Social unrest caused by the defeat Pressure from intellectuals Explain why Alexander II introduced further reforms following the Emancipation
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Compare and contrast the causes of the 1905 and 1917 revolutions in Russia In 1905 and 1917 Russia was tormented by chaotic revolutions. The workers and the intelligentsia had arrived at the point of hating the autocracy because they could no longer endure the suffering‚ hunger and repression that the tsarist policies brought with them. Years later Lenin referred to the revolution of 1905 as a “dress rehearsal for the October Revolution” of 1917. In 1905 tsardom nearly fell. Nicholas II succeeded
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