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Article Review James R. Gibson is a distinguished Canadian historical geographer at York University. He specializes in Russian geography, ethnology and history research.1 In the article, Gibson demonstrated and expounded the true factors of Russia’s absence in the North Pacific discovery and exploration. He offers a detailed study in both of the Russian histories and geography. Throughout the article, he clearly identified with two main points that Russia was “lack of opportunity and lack of…

influence exerted by Rasputin lead to the downfall of Tsarist Russia?  General information on this topic Nicholas II of Russia was the last emperor of Russia (1st November 1894 to 15th March 1917). His reign saw the dramatic fall of the imperial Russian empire. After the Febuary revolution of 1917 Nicholas was forced to abdicate the throne. In 1918, Nicholas and his family were tragically executed by the Bolsheviks. The dramatic downfall of Tsar Nicholas was the ended the Romanov dynasty in…

The Reformation period of Tsar Alexander II’s reign stapled him in Russian history as the “Tsar-Liberator”. The Emancipation of Serfs, and the Zemstvo reform had a major positive impact on Russia in both economic and political ways. Through the scope of historical perspective, Alexander II is deserving of the title “Tsar-Liberator” for making great advancements in Russia even when it opposed prior Russian culture and norms. The Emancipation of Serfs was the boldest of all of Alexander II’s…

Tsar Nicholas’ reputation among the Russian population was heavily damaged after a humiliating succession of defeats in the Russo-Japanese war in 1904-1905. In addition, at that time unrest and discontent with the government’s policies reached their height when there was a strike of all workers…

and society. It not only mirrors the events of the Russian Revolution it also relates to politics that can be observed throughout history and today. The animals overcame many struggles to have independence from their owner. They held a vision for the future that was for the greater good of all animals on the farm. However, over time this vision changed as a result of control and power of their leader. Many of these aspects can be observed in Russian history and today’s political struggles. When…

dictatorships, citizens in each country were able to connect to the history of dance. Dancing helped to entertain and also advanced political propaganda. While dance was famous in Russia under Lenin and Stalin, dance in Germany was not as revered as Russian ballet, especially during the time of Hitler’s rule. Although these two countries may not seem to own the same style of dance, both countries were able to benefit from dance politically. Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany demonstrate how dance…

Black Sea. The Russians wanted it for themselves, so they could use trade to benefit their economic growth. During the early Russo-Turkish Wars, Russia attempted to establish a warm-water…

upsurge. However, what patriotism flooded through the Russian forces was soon overturned by the realization that they were poorly equipped with outdated weaponry and there were terrible logistical problems in running a war from 6,000 miles away from the fight. As detailed in cartoon 1 (pg. 39) in Reinventing Russia , the artist illustrates the blatant incompetence of the Russian naval forces in their inability to navigate through their own Russian mines in the midst of an ironically calm ocean.…

poor Russians began to protest. Then some of the Soldiers fighting off the protesters. But some of the Cossacks were unreliable. Czar Nicholas II. (Russian monarch) Decided to shoot some of the protesters, which led to even more unrest with Russian Soldiers. Soldiers were treated badly, and on March, 1, they shot any Officer who didn’t want to rebel with them. They forced Russia's Czar, Nicholas II to step down as president of the cold, cold part of the world. After this happened, the Russian…

Princess Sophia August Frederika was born in the German city of Stettin, (now Poland) on Apr 21, 1729. She was born into royalty, her father Prince Christian August of Anhalt-Zerbst and her mother Princess Johanna Elizabeth of Holstein-Gottorp. The Russian empress reigned from 1762-1796 marking her Russia's longest female ruler ruling for over thrity years. Catherine's husband the grand duke Peter displease the military, nobles, offcials, and the Orthodox church. After 6 months of his rule…