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The Russian Revolution of 1917 The Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the most influential geopolitical events of the 20th century. The success of the Revolution resulted in the collapse of a centuries-old absolutist monarchy, the destruction of the Romanov dynasty, and promised a new state built upon the ideas of the dictatorship of the proletariat. However, this was not to be, as the legacy of the revolution turned out to be the rise of one of the most oppressive totalitarian regimes in…

economic spheres of Russian Life. Lenin did not place much of an importance on the cultural sphere of Russian life. This led to a period of tolerance in which artists, musicians, and composers enjoyed much freedom. Following Lenin’s death in 1924, Josef Stalin took power in Russia. Under Stalin, this period of Tolerance was ended and drastic changes came to the cultural sphere of Russian life, as freedom ceased…

especially with turkey. The cause for this war was due to religion the Russians wanted control of access to the religious holy sites which caused tension between catholic France and orthodox Russian. Then began the rioting of Bethlehem which was in 1853 a number of orthodox monks were killed during a fight against French monks. The general of Russia Tsar blamed the Turks for these deaths. Then Russia started war with turkey the Russian army crossed the river Pruth into Moldavia. Then, on…

sell property privately without permission and everything had to be done with contracts.[ ] Obviously, this was not always followed but just by having this system in place it allowed for the British to colonize faster and with more ease than the Russians. The property laws favored the settlers it did not, however, favour the Native Americans.[…

In the first novella entitled Bela, where we meet Captain Maksim Maksimych who introduces us to the main character Grigory Aleksandrovich Pechorin. Junior Captain Maksimych seems very fond of Grigory when he describes him to our first narrator a Russian officer coming to the caucasus. The captain said, “ A charming fellow he was, I can assure you, but a little odd. He might spend, for instance, the whole day hunting in the rain, in the cold; everybody would get chilled…

In this course, History 102 Western Civilization Post 1689, the five things I have learned are: Galileo Galilei’s life and accomplishments, political and social thought in the Enlightenment, the industrial revolutions in Europe, Russian Revolution, and the era of totalitarianism. I feel that this course had taught me so much about topics that I only learned a small amount about in my educational career. The topics I have selected are ones that I feel made a large impact in the world, and some in…

Alexander II’s reforms changed Russia more than any other events from 1855-1905. The most significant of these reforms The Emancipation of the Serf’s freed the people from the land. Serfdom had long been seen as the symbol of the superannuated Russian system holding Russia back from real progress. The emancipation had some significant advantages for Russia: it created a movable industrial workforce, a better military it changed the structure of Society and it abolished it without Civil War or…

Peter was the first Russian tsar to sponsor secular education. Countless secular schools were built under Peter’s rule. Vedomosti, Russia’s first newspaper, was created to educate the Russian population. In 1724, the Russian Academy of Sciences was instituted. Peter also believed that a successful military must be well educated. Peter the Great’s foreign policy mainly revolved…

as Ivan the Terrible. However, caesaropapism was taken to a new level under the rule of Peter the Great, as he made the church a section of his government and eliminated the patriarchate from power. This trend would continue until the end of the Russian empire in 1917. By utilizing caesaropapism, Peter the Great would set the stage for future leaders of Russia for centuries to follow in regards to the relationship between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the…

“To what extent did World War 1 contribute to the Russian Revolution?” In 1914 the ‘Great War’ began, there were many nations who were involved in the conflict, such as Germany, England, Ottoman Empire, and the most backwards country out of them, Russia. During World War 1, most of the countries involved were democratic and their people had basic human rights. Russia was two centuries behind the rest of the world because of its absolute monarchy who refused to make concessions for the population…