main cause for the Russian Revolution of 1917 was poor government ruling. “...The czardom increasingly became a bureacy that imposed its will on the people by force, with wanton disregard for human life and liberty.(“Russian Revolution”)” This government was faulty and unfair, causing widespread scarcity and hunger. The everyday hard-working middle class of Russia knew no different was forced to live their everyday lives like this. It was the well educated, experienced Russians that came up with the
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Nicholas II and Alexandra were the last tsar and tsaress of the Russian Empire under Romanov rule. They ruled from 1894 to 1917, during WWI. Their early life, reign, and startlingly execution greatly shaped Russian history. Nicholas and Alexandra’s lives, before Nicholas’s inheritance of the Russian throne, determined the way they viewed an empire should be governed. It began in 1881, when Nicholas’s grandfather, Alexander II, was assassinated. Alexander III, Nicholas’s father, became the emperor
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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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Catherine claimed the Russian throne, which would become the longest reign of any female leader of Russia. During this time, she made many contributions to the economic, political, social, and religious structure of Russia. Although she experienced some problems throughout her journey, she maintained relatively strong control as a ruler, for 34 years. A major downfall that was a result of her decisions was the treatment of her subjects. The majority of the Russian people
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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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(MasterRussian). Some Russian folklore contains colorful and a certain brightness, but others have very paganistic characters, like witches (Bradford). Most of their folklore
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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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Europe Language: Russian Mitchell Brownie AIU Abstract The Russian language is one of the many languages that have taken root in the European continent. The foundation of the USSR, where Russian was used as a means of international communication made it possible to be understood on the whole territory of former socialist countries with a population over 250 million people. The Russian language helps in scientific, economical, and cultural communication, creating new interest and importance
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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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