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12 Cards in this Set
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Nicholas II General I |
Hans Rogger: "Nicholas had no knowledge of the world or of men, of politics orgovernment” |
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Nicholas II General II |
Figes: "Nicholas had not been blessed with either his father’s strength ofcharacter or his intelligence” |
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Nicholas II Tsardom |
Communist Party of the Soviet Union: "Tsardom was the sworn enemy of the people" |
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Imperial Russia |
Crankshaw: "Imperial Russia simply rotted away from the centre outward untilits shell fell in" |
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1905 Revolution |
Ben Walsh: "It was clear that no revolution would succeed as long as the armystayed loyal to the Tsar" |
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1905 Revolution - Undermining |
Charques: “The 1905 revolution did more than anything else during Nicholas II’sreign to undermine support for the regime.” |
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1905 Revolution - Faith |
Communist Party of the Soviet Union: “It was their faith in the Tsar that was riddled by bullets that day.” |
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Impact of WW1 |
Ben Walsh: "the people held Nicholas personally reponsible for the defeats and blunders"
- Nicholas making himself Commander in Chief of the army |
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Impact of WW1 on economy |
Stone: "“Russia was not advanced enough to stand the strain of war and theeffort to do so plunged her economy into chaos” |
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Impact of WW1 on Revolution |
Service: "What made the revolution possible was the...exhausting conflict of theFirst World War" |
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Nicholas II's Abdication |
Pares: "the direct result of the utter bankruptcy of the autocracy" |
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Tsarist Regime |
Figes: "The tsarist regime’s downfall was not inevitable, but its own stupiditymade it so" |
