Crimean War concentrated the minds of Alexander II and his advisors. This defeat also discredited the entire regime and forced Alexander II to acknowledge that there were military deficiencies that were a deeper refection of the problem faced within Russian Society. Knowing the above Alexander II embarked a series of reformation programs, he intended to modernise Russia’s and redirect his empire’s development trajectory. Alexander II had both long term and short term plans. One can follow the influencing
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a policy that ensured that the language of Russian was spoken throughout all of Russia and was enforced onto all ethnicities and people of Russia. This would be sure to repress all the cultural differences between people and help to give the Tsar more control over the vast population of Russia. This reform was introduced by Alexander II but reached new heights under Alexander III. This policy ensure that all legal documents were to be written in Russian, and all other languages were forbidden from
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the main factor being his decision to take over as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces during World War One. Russia was economically and socially ill-prepared for war and the effects and the outcome of the war had a devastating impact upon the Russian people. There had been a continual build-up of discontent towards the Tsar as a result of Russia’s failure in the Russo-Japanese War, the ‘Bloody Sunday’ massacre and the failure of the Duma. However, it was World War One that was the ultimate factor
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Tommy Duong Mr. Kellogg World History Period 4 5/27/14 Dan and I had to do the years 1840-1869 for our decade project. The topics that we discussed were leaders, wars, standard of living, economic problems/prosperity, acts of aggression, and new technology. The leader at the time was Nicholas I from 1825-1855. After his death, he was succeeded by Alexander II that reigned from 1855-1881. Nicholas did not like serfdom, which was a member of the lowest feudal class, attached to the land owned
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How far does a study of 1855-1964 suggest that,following the revolution of 1917, the Russian people simply exchanged one form of authoritarianism for another? Once the February revolution brought an end to Tsarist rule, there was a strong belief that the introduction of the Provisional Government would lead to a more democratic Russia. However in deposing the Provisional Government, the October Revolution had removed any such hope. The totalitarian Government of the Communist Party continued and
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Historians have divided and often conflicting views about the fateful collapse of the Tsarist regime in early 1917. Some historians, known popularly as ‘optimistic’ historians believe that Russia between 1905 and 1917 was on the road to follow a western path of modernization and liberalization. And even creating a constitution had it not been for the war, which in their opinion created problems for the regime and led to its eventual downfall. On the other side of the coin, there are the ‘pessimistic’
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twentieth century, over three-quarters of the Russian population were unhappy with their position in the Empire. By 1905, rebellion was inevitable Russia like many of the great super powers had been trying to expand its empire and in doing so Russia came into direct conflict with Japan who also wanted to expand throughout the Far East. Although Russians saw themselves as a far superior military power, they suffered a huge defeat; this led to many Russians questioning the Tsar’s leadership because
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Figure 3: Gerasimov, Aleksandr (1881-1963). I.V. Stalin and K.E. Voroshilov in the Kremlin After Rain, 1938. Oil on canvas, 296 x 386 cm. The State Tretyakov Gallery. We can see how Stalin’s height is amplified n the painting of him and the leader of the Red Army, Kliment Voroshilov (fig. 3). In this painting, we see Stalin and Voroshilov taking a walk in the Kremlin, with the Kremlin towers and a panorama of Moscow in the background. Again, we can see the ‘utopian gaze’ on Stalin’s face: the furrowed
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Bernhard Schlink «Der Vorleser» ( Бернхард Шлинк «Чтец» ) В 1995 году Бернхард Шлинк создает роман "Чтец", даже не предполагая, что это произведение станет бестселлером. Самая знаменитая немецкая книга, написанная за последние несколько десятков лет – вот что такое «Чтец». Впервые опубликованный в 1995 году, этот роман разошёлся по всему миру такими тиражами, каковых немецкоязычная литература не видывала со времён своих вечных героев и нобелевских лауреатов вроде Германа Гессе или Генриха
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expressed, in the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell the struggle of farm animals to gain proper care and equality to that of humans: This elaborated on the situation through the symbolism that correlated to the downfall of the Soviet Union in the Russian Revolution. Also, the novel a Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens put the reader in the setting of the French Revolution, where treachery and societal injustice was prominent. Furthermore, the article “Iranian Revolution” by Janet Afary highlights
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