Russian Orthodox Church

“The Charge of the Light Brigade” The poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson affected my understanding of real events because it tells you about the courage of the six hundred because they went on even though they knew someone had made a mistake. The Charge of the Light Brigade helped me understand real events because this was life during the war there was no time for thought about losing or death you just had to push through and fight. The poem was written about a charge by British…

How was life as a Bolshevik? George Orwell thought the Bolshevik played a big part in Russian History therefore including them in the book Animal Farm. In George Orwell book Animal Farm it best explains to readers what the Bolshevik were for and about. The Bolsheviks were members of a Russian Social- Democratic Workers Party led by Lenin. He eventually had control over the Russian Government and became dominant political power. The group originally came about at the party’s second congress in…

namely the humiliating defeat upon Russia will have been a real turning point for those living in Russia. It brought to light the horrific failings of Russian society, for example the serfs being used as unwilling conscripts which would result in a lack of war effort and evidently a crippling defeat. Also, it highlighted the inadequacy of the Russian transport and communication…

The Russian Revolution of 1917 fascinated the entire world. For many years, Czar Nicholas II had a growing amount of dissatisfaction among his subjects. Russia was blighted with several different issues that developed out of the control of Nicholas II and by the time he attempted to create any reform, the damage was too substantial to be affected. One of the largest problems was the droughts that plagued the people. These droughts were often regular due to the climate, however, were particularly…

strengthened Russia’s military greatly (Cook). Because of this, Russia was able to capture the Ottoman port of Azov and achieve its long-standing goal of gaining naval and trade access to a warm-water port on the Black Sea (Cook). In addition, the Russian military’s capture…

last entry from the diary of Tsarina Alexandra, the wife of Nicholas II, written just before she was executed by the Bolsheviks along with the rest of the royal family. The royal family was not always regarded with such disdain, and in fact, many Russian citizens once saw the Tsar, Nicholas II, as a paternal figure, appointed by God himself to lead the nation. The Tsar himself however, was indifferent to politics. In a private conversation with a friend he even said, “I am not prepared to be…

When the first World War started, it impacted Russia and the Russian revolution greatly. On the one hand, it once again renewed a sense of nationalism in the country, temporarily stalling the revolution, but it also helped the movement because the war brought a collapse of the economy, made the lower class intolerant of their mistreatment, and discredited the tsar. Because all the men were leaving to fight in the war, abandoning their work and agriculture, the country’s working force sagged, the…

behind the rest of Europe when it came to industry and modernity, but they were toward the beginning of the revolutionary movement. When World War I came about, Russians believed the war would be a short one and that they would not need to make use of all of their resources, such as soldiers and supplies. Tsar Nicholas put his faith into a Russian victory for the sake of national unity (EUROPE 165). Against Nicholas’s original beliefs, the war raged on, and peasants in Russia experienced even…

The snow falls heavily on January 30, 1905 and the light powder begins to cover the thousands of bodies that lay strewn, lifeless in the streets. Among the figures of men and women you can see, "children's corpses lay in the snow" (The Last Tsar of Russia). Tsar Nicholas II was the last tsar of Russia. He was a family man with no desire to rule and did so poorly. He would have driven Russia into the ground had not been forced to advocate. Tsar Nicholas led Russia into many defeats and his…

During the 17th and 18th centuries (A.D.), Russia was governed by two Emperors, respectively known as Peter the Great and Elizabeth the Great. Many advances were made during both reigns, in westernizing the country and in expanding its borders. Despite these various accomplishments, both Peter I and Catherine II were not as “Great” as their titles suggested due to policy issues, their callous treatment of people, and oppressive autocratic reigns. Peter Alexeyevich created many ambitious…