Nicholas I of Russia

Czar Nicholas was the real leader of Europe, until one day, Joseph Stalin took over. He was very brutal to the country, and the Soviet Union was unprepared for the extreme violence and oppression. Stalin used his brutality to achieve political arms. Everyone was so terrified of Stalin that they never stood up to him, in fear of what would happen to them if they did. Then, Stalin became scared of Russia, since they became a major part of the global market. Stalin felt that he had to push the…

As one of Russia 's famous authors, Leo Tolstoy used his skills as a writer to illustrate various historical accounts of certain important events of Russian history as well as his criticisms of government and corruption through his novels. Although mostly fictitious, Tolstoy 's novels/novellas would be used as understand the emotions and thoughts of people from every class, religion, and background in Russia to a particular event in Russia history such as the Napoleonic Wars or the War with…

French society 1792: War against Austria & Prussia 1793-1794: Revolutionary Chaos 1795-1799: Directory 1799: End of French Revolution & Napoleon becomes leader of France Russian Revolution: 1894: Czar Nicholas becomes ruler of Russia 1905: Revolutionary Outbreak 1914: World War I begins 1918 Russia back out of WWI &…

late 1700s and early 1900s, both France and Russia had some troubles with their government that some what triggered the beginning of their revolutions. In this paper, I will argue that there are more similarities than differences when it comes to the causes of both French and Russian Revolution. Both revolutions were triggered by previous events that involved them; France was involved in the American Revolution that made them have economic problems, and Russia lost to a war with the Japanese…

Animal Farm: Leon Trotsky Leon Trotsky was an activist of Russia. He helped ignite the Russian Revolution. Trotsky was also mentioned in a novel by George Orwell. This novel was known as Animal Farm. The novel was about a farm of animals who dreamed of living on the farm without being controlled by humans. They plan to start a rebellion against the farm owner Mr. Jones. The leader of the rebellion is the pig Old Major. He is a symbol for Karl Marx. When he dies he expects his other…

The Assassination of the Duchess Anastasia What does it take to bring down the Tsar of Russia? Maybe killing him, or even his family. No matter how innocent his family is they have to die. Does that sound right? Is it right? Well it isn't! Yet it still happened. Specifically, his daughter, the Duchess Anastasia who was on 17 when she died. And the way she was killed was so horrible and unbelievable it gets you thinking, was she in any way guilty. The assassination of Anastasia was unjust…

Austria- Hungary with their constitutional monarchy. Kaiser Victor Emmanuel III led Italy. The Triple Entente, a non-binding agreement, included France, Great Britain, and Russia. President Raymond Poincaire was the leader of France and its parliamentarian democracy. King George V led Great Britain’s constitutional monarchy. Tsar Nicholas II was…

“No foreign sky protected me, no stranger's wing shielded my face. I stand as witness to the common lot, survivor of that time, that place,” wrote Anna Akhmatova as she reflected during Stalin’s reign of terror. Anna Akhmatova was a Russian poet known for her involvement in the Acmeism movement and her haunting depictions of life in Russia after the revolution. In the early 1930s, Stalin’s regime focused on drawing the country together through force and oppressive policies in order to…

Conflict has existed for as long as the earth has held living creatures. With the introduction of new technologies and weapons, conflict has become very dangerous to anything caught in its path. Many conflicts have been violent and resulted in casualties, but some have not caused any, and were somewhat peaceful. Although some can be peaceful, they all have an outcome, and these outcomes mainly result in challenges for progress. The resulting effects of conflicts such as the Russian Revolution,…

the connection between World War I (1914-1918) and the Russian Revolution (1917). In the beginning Russia was sticking up for themselves against the other countries. But then Russia would begin to lose a lot of their men, there was little to no food, which made the Russians demand to drop out of the war. But Czar Nicholas II disagreed and stayed in the war which made more complications with Russia which started the Revolution, 2.Identify or define: (a) Vladimir I. Lenin, (b) Joseph Stalin, (c)…