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union of all humanity in a…universal alliance whose fundamental principles are already found in the animating spirit of the Slavs and above all in the spirit of the great Russian People” (Dostoevsky, 1063-64). It is not a quest for vengeance and murder as posited by Levin. Even in interactions with the Turkish enemy, Russians are noted for their “most humane actions” (Dostoevsky, 1097). The conflict is one for morality and the protection of the weak. He admits that while some among the ranks…

As a result of this they proceeded to stamp out all other competing powers within Russian society and no organisations or structural forms of any kind were allowed outside of the Party. The Soviet regime held no reservations in doing so leading to the formation of apparatus such as the secret police. As it became apparent that no opposition…

war against the Russian army and their quest to return the “Holy Land” of Israel back from the Ottoman Turks and return it to the Russian Orthodox. The French and the British were afraid of Russian expansion into Ottoman land, thus leading to their alliance with the Turks. Great Britain were truly afraid of losing their control of the Mediterranean sea to the Russians. The Russians wanted the land in the Ottoman empire in which they believed was rightfully theirs. So the Russian Empire slowly…

Document Title: Telegram from Alexander, Prince Regent of Serbia to the Tsar of Russia Establishing a Context and Intent for the Source Author: The author was Serbian Regent, Alexander Time/When was it written? It was sent July 24th, 1914. Briefly describe the culture of the time and list related events of the time Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by the Black Hand and war was brewing between Serbia and Austria Hungary, add a few waves of nationalism and paranoia between various…

What was the key reason for the tsar's abdication in 1917? Russia is in a disaster. At first, the crowded was delighted to have Nicolas ll appointed Tsar in 1894. However, one man could not control Russia because of its size. Soon, the Tsar lost his power and the empire fell collapsed. The reasons are split by short, medium and long term factors. The mix of cultures in such a large country and the clash of different views and religions were things that had been a long term problem in Russia…

They wished to establish the “Independent Islamic State of Dagestan”. They did so to hopefully cause an Islamic Anti-Russian uprising. This caused Putin to respond after five days of waiting. The Russian Bomber Jets arrived in Chechnya, which symbolized what was going to come. The result was that tens of thousands of Chechens died, who were mostly Chechen citizens. The Russians did not come into this war with thoughts of having an easy quick battle in Grozny, they planned a massive and…

As Imperial Russia continued to expand, Serfdom took its place as a commonality in Russian culture. While social classes grew more and more apart, peasants were hit with the harsh reality of this class separation. As Kizhanich mentions in the source book; Medieval Russia, “in the middle of the fifteenth century, conditions of Russian peasants deteriorated rapidly. By the early seventeenth century the majority had become serfs of one kind to another.” Serfs did not live the best life, this can…

the Russian Orthodox church were brutally murdered - Vladimir of Kiev, who was mutilated, castrated, shot and had his corpse put on display for public, Archbishop Vasily who was crucified and burned. A key strategy of the Bolsheviks was to split the clergy, which they did through introduction of the Living Church in 1922. Patriarche Tikhon was imprisoned and stripped of his title, his deputy exiled. At the All-Russian Church Council( April 29th-May 9th) of 1922, it was decreed that the Russian…

became an independent nation, the region of Crimea became part of Ukraine. The Soviet Union was disbanded. As indicated in history “Crimea, which has an ethnic Russian majority, has long been a semiautonomous region within Ukraine.”1The annexation of Crimea by Russia occurred in the aftermath of a revolution in Ukraine that cut the pro-Russian president from power. Thus, a referendum was held in Crimea. The people of Crimea wanted to become part of Russia,…

In the seventeenth century, the expansion of Russian peasants would spread into Siberia, changing the landscape and how it was separated. Valerie Kivelson's study of ignored Russian maps in the expansion of the early Russian empire is a major and important work for the comparative social history of migrations and empires in itself. In addition, explores both property and geographical mapping as indications of the distinct display of the Russian state and of the Orthodox faith. The use of maps…