The emerging kingdom of Kievan Russia was established in Ukraine by Scandinavian explorers reigning over Slavic farmers. 5. The split within a religious community was known as a schism. 6. A manor was defined in…
Throughout the 19th century Russian reformers demanded the setting up of a democratically elected Constituent Assembly. At first groups like Land and Liberty used non-violent methods to gain reform but in 1879, the People's Will was formed. In January, 1880, the group contacted the Russian government and claimed they would call off the terror campaign if the Russian people were granted a constitution that provided free elections and an end to censorship. On 25th February, 1880, Alexander II announced that he was considering granting the Russian people a constitution. A year later Tsar had still not published details of his reforms and the People's Will therefore decided to carry out their threat and he was assassinated by Ignatei Grinevitski…
3. Peter the Great wanted “to transform his country through a process of state imposed Westernization.” He was convinced that Russia could overcome its backwardness only by adopting “the institutions, customs and attitudes of the technologically superior, wealthier and more powerful states of Western Europe.” Many were opposed to his decrees and edicts because they would “mean discarding much of Russia’s distinctive past.” Those “devoted to Russia’s unique Slavic and Orthodox Christian traditions” …” argued that abandonment of Russia’s past was too high a price to pay for Europeanization.”…
Soviet Russia, a communist country, were oppressing…
The white Russians also known as the white army was founded in 1917 was a loose confederation of Anti-Communist forces that fought the Bolsheviks, also known as the Reds in the Russian civil war. The Russians white army and the Bolshevik red army fought for control over Russia the Russian white army was led by conservative generals who had different agendas and methods. The composition and the command structure of the white armies also varied some were veterans from world war one some were just volunteers. In Mid 1918 anti-Bolshevik militias and military units were formed in piecemeal fashion prompted by the uprising of the Czech legion. Together they became known as the whites the implication was that the Russian white army were monarchist.…
Primary source #3 are illustrations created in 1919 as propaganda by the White Army that depict an anti-Semitic caricature of Trotsky as the Red Devil - the brutal and totalitarian dictator of the Red Army. Trotsky was known for his unforgiving policies in war and these unforgiving depictions simply accentuate this perspective. Source #3 is highly useful to historians attempting to understand the mentality of the White Army and their motivations during the Russian Civil War Period. The sheer severity of this comparison between Trotsky and the devil suggests that the White army was desperate to reduce Trotsky to an enemy of pure evil to evoke a religion-rooted reaction from its own soldiers.…
The term was later known as Leninism, and its ideology was so powerful it reformed the nation in such way people believed it was a new religion. Marxism enforced the idea that a social transformation had to occur for the government to treat the popular masses with equal and basic rights, rather than with “capitalist exploitation, inhuman toil, [and] lack of all rights” (Hasegawa). The Soviet viewpoint of the Russian Revolution incarnates the paragon of the imperfect idea that was Marxism. Historians that reinforce the Soviet view of the Revolution claim that Lenin conquered the proletariat because the provisional government was not ensuring and perpetuating what the working class petitioned for. Its leaders were associated with the middle class, which brought discomfort and doubts.…
The feeling of knowing you stood up for something bigger than yourself, knowing your impact will not only have a positive effect on your life, but the many that come after you, and that you are bringing a group of your peers, and comrades together is a symbol and stand for something so large it would take an army to conquer, the idea of nationalism. The oneness we feel for our country when our American troops are defending our freedom against the many enemies who are attempting to invade our country (i.e. AlQuieda, Osma Bin Laden). The strength a country has as they cheer for the national soccer team, or their favorite American athlete as they represent the country against a strong foreign competitor. This concept of nationalism is not new,…
The Marxist view on society is that there is an unequal division of wealth and control in society. In the Marxist view of literature, people are driven by money and power, this makes people corrupt. The Marxist thinkers would study this play intensely. Torvald is considered the wealthy and corrupt character because of his wealthy status. Torvald is offered a promotion at…
“The revolution happened because I didn’t kill him in time to stop it” Felix Yusupov How far did the political and personal influence exerted by Rasputin lead to the downfall of Tsarist Russia? General information on this topic Nicholas II of Russia was the last emperor of Russia (1st November 1894 to 15th March 1917). His reign saw the dramatic fall of the imperial Russian empire. After the Febuary revolution of 1917 Nicholas was forced to abdicate the throne. In 1918, Nicholas and his family were tragically executed by the Bolsheviks.…
During 1683-1908, both the Ottoman and Russian empires dealt with internal and external challenges that affected their methods of ruling their empires. Three similarities they both encountered was they both faced Westernization and constitutional challenges directly, they both had many members of the rising education urban middle school class deserted constitutional nationalism and lastly, they were both able to attain the Western industrial challenge. While experiencing these internal and external challenges, they also faced many differences including how the Ottoman Empire was able to develop a pattern of responses to the Western challenge, how the Russian Empire was more focused on reforms regarding politics and the Nicholas I implemented…
In the Russian Revolution of 1917, there was a class of people known as the bourgeoisie. “The English word 'bourgeoisie' is derived from the French word 'bourgeoisie' meaning "... the trading middle class"(MARXISM).” The Russian bourgeoisie in 1917 were basically a class of capitalist, landowning, and wealthy people. They wanted things to change just like everyone else but they expected things to still stay wonderful for them.…
Marx had a political and economic theory that developed followers which would later be called Marxism. Russia was a communist country that went through a lot of pain and suffering for many years. Religion in the early 20th century was going through a major change, in which some people say that the change resulted in Russia being the world’s first atheist state. The most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 Russian Revolution, which brought the Marxist-Leninists to power (The West in the World). The atheism in Communist regimes has been and continues to be a form of militant atheism which led to various acts of repression, including the razing of thousands of religious buildings and the killing, imprisoning, and oppression of religious leaders and believers…
IV. Russia and Japan: Industrialization Outside the West 19th Century Russia and Japan Russian Government - Cost of Industrialization Russia and Japan - Late to Western Culture Economic and Political - Similiar Characteristics Proposed a European disarmament conference, cost of weapons rapidly rising. Growing foreign presence and an effort to imitate aspects of Western Education.…
Revolution according to the Webster Dictionary "is a sudden, extreme or complete change in the way people live work etc". During the World War 1 Russia witnessed the transition to a different and renewed that brought with itself some good and bad consequences; however it is necessary to analyze and understand each phase of the process in order to create a concept and a point of view. The Russian revolution has three main causes: political, social and economics.…