family. The tension between the upper and lower class grew , causing the russian revolution of 1917. Russian has had many Tsars , in the pass citizens have loved or hated them. The people decided to fight back and kill the last of the tsars - the killing left to the myth of Anastasia. Soon after the defeat of the Romanov’s, the people formed a new government , the Soviet Union. The revolution brought a new age for Russia. The Russian revolution was crucial to Russia, because of the history , the fights
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exempted. They had no way to approach authority or attempt to fix their situation, so they were stuck in a terrible lifestyle, and felt abandoned by the throne. The discontent among the peasants grew, and under her rule was the largest peasant revolt in Russian
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Just as he has closed the door, he began to speak with a more human voice. “I’m going to give you an offer that you can’t refuse” he said whit an Italian accent. I think I was looking quite wired in my face by then. My skin must have been all pale. This was not a part of the plan when I have bought the robot. He had looked like a human sometimes, but in the need of better proof, I haven’t thought more about it. Like he could read my mind he said, “This was not the plan when you bought me, I know
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years ahead of him may also be another factor behind Nicholas' poor leadership of Russia . Alexander who died in 1894 had left Russia with a society no longer controlled by tsarist rule and when Nicholas took the throne after his father's death Russian society was not prepared to turn on it's heels and return to how it use to be . Nicholas II was 26 when his father died and was soon to marry the German princess, Alix of Hess, Granddaughter of Queen Victoria . The relationship between Alexandra
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one city port (Canton) open • Macartney- British ambassador that demanded china to open up their ports , he failed though • Environmental Stress- caused by population growth and • Muscovy- Area that surrounds the great city of Moscow • Tsar(Russian equivalent to emperor ,dictator)Ivan Iv -Ivan the fourth was also known as Ivan the terrible- first emperor of the Muscovy region • Siberia- Northern area of Russia , had very valuable
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influenced the development of Russian government, the first world war was the most significant’ How far do you agree with this statement? I feel the First World War is a very strong factor in Russian history and is a very good point to argue with it was the final disappoint that drove the people of Russia to not only take down the tsar but to later kill him. However in the development of Russian government I don’t think it had much importance, out of all the wars in Russian history I feel it was the
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Between 1861 and 1917, Russian society had undergone many changes. It is safe to say that every aspect of that society had been some how modified. These changes led up to the Bolshevik revolution in November of 1917. Given the nature of Russian society, was the Bolshevik revolution unavoidable? Among the changes Russian society had 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
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Why was the 1917 revolution successful? The underlying causes of the Russian Revolution are rooted deep in Russia's history. For centuries, autocratic and repressive tsarist regimes ruled the country and most of the population lived under severe economic and social conditions. During the 19th century and early 20th century various movements aimed at overthrowing the oppressive government were staged at different times by students, workers, peasants, and members of the nobility. Two of these unsuccessful
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Adapt your question | Failed by Communists | Contrast to Tsars | Counter argument where it can be proven other way round | POLITICAL (levels of political representation) | At the time of the PG, they were dominated by Kadets & Octobrists who didn’t represent the working class.The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed by Lenin led to Civil war which resulted in mass demobilisation and unemployment (1/2 of Petrograd workers were unemployed). Increased strikes shown by the Kronsdadt rebellion showed
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What did you learn? Throughout the break I watched Russian Revolution In Color. I learned that Russian society was almost completely destroyed over night. People wanted poverty, crime and privilege class division were to be gotten ride of and a new era of socialism promised peace, prosperity and equalize for all people but, the socialism experiment failed. Millions died and 1/3 of world pop lived in shadow of communism due to the idealistic dream that turned into nightmare, the Socialism experiment
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