Nicholas I of Russia

While World War I, also known as the First World War or the Great War, began in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and lasted four years, ending in 1918, tension had been stirring long before throughout Europe; specifically, in the southeast Balkan region known as the “powder keg.” European powers such as the Ottoman Empire, the Russians and other parties had a number of alliances that were threatened by political instability. The murder of the heir to the Austro Hungarian…

Mobilization started in World War One when Russia’s Tsar Nicholas II ordered collection of weapons and soldiers on July 30th, 1914, against Germany. This forced the Germans to mobilize rather quickly, because the clock was ticking for the start of the war. Neither the Germans nor the Russians thought the other would go directly to war after they finished mobilizing. However, Germany would give Russia one more chance to back down before the war began. I believe that mobilization in World War One…

130641T S. C. P. Weerasinghe George Orwell’s Animal Farm and it’s depiction of post-revolution Soviet Russia Animal farm is a dystopian novel by George Orwell. Although disguised as a story of animals living in a farm, this story actually reflects the political situation in Russia, starting from the era of Tsar Nicholas, right through to the era of Joseph Stalin. Author clearly uses a series of metaphorical events and characters to portray how after a revolution fuelled by oppressed public,…

outside of Europe, until they were kicked out of mainland Europe, which changed their priorities. In this essay, I aim to outline three ways exploration and discovery affected British expansion and how sometimes British expansion affected exploration and discovery. First, I will show how Spanish discoveries drove the English to expand their naval might far afield to raid Spanish shipping. Second, I will show how a desire to open up independent trade with…

allied with other Great Powers, the resurgent France had very high potential to become a threat to Germany and this made Bismarck aim his foreign policy at the need to keep France isolated. To do this Bismarck ensured he was on good terms with with Russia, for that would prevent a two fronted war from the both of them. Instead of making things more peaceful, this did just the opposite. The complications arose when Bismarck created the Three Emperors’ League in 1873 including Germany, Austria,…

belligerence. This behavior was unacceptable for someone who claimed to be righteous and appointed by God, and also from someone who was so prominent in the royal court. This view of Rasputin was common between both the nobility and the common people of Russia. There was also an appeal made by the Duma for Rasputin to be forced to leave. Independent described Rasputin as "an Olympian-sized sleazeball whose combined taste for power and flesh has ensured the world will always regard with a…

race against Great Britain revealed its poor relation with the island country. The Schlieffen Plan, German army’s plan for war against France and Russia, added two more enemies to the country’s rival list. Kaiser Wilhelm II wanted to conquer two of the main powers at the time in one plan, all but which failed. His’s cousin, the tsar of Russia, Nicholas II had communicated through letter during the time prior to the war and throughout the course of it. Levine reveals that the letters depict the…

This paper is about Russian Intellectuals. There are a lot of things to talk about on this topic, but to save some time here is a short list of the information. First is what the word intellectuals is and how it was for the people and government of Russia. Second would be about the first Intelligently and how it started, under the Soviet rule and many other things. Third would be about Russia’s Intellectual problem or problems, and fourth is Origins of Russian Intellectual Culture. Fifth and…

1999, “The roots of the native special services go back into the depths of the centuries, to the times of the birth and formation of the centralized Russian state.” One of the West’s foremost experts on Russian history, Dr. Richard Pipes writes, “Russia is committed to authoritarian government.” A strong, centralized government protected by a powerful, pervasive security service is a reoccurring theme in Russian history since the early days of the Kievan Rus. According to Russian history…

She believed in individualism. She was a “radical for capitalism” and came up with “objectivism,” a philosophy that stated there is no greater moral goal than achieving happiness. But one cannot achieve happiness by wish or whim. She could have been a math teacher or gotten into Broadway, but her thoughts and philosophies drove her to share her ideas and write about them. “Ayn Rand was considered a writer of unpleasant, anticommunist potboilers” (Buchanan). She continues to be a controversial…