St. Petersburg College

This class is is titled “Revolutionary Russia, 1900-1921”. The fact that it spans 21 years of history in the title, as do many books written about this age, show just how complex the revolution was. This paper may be focused on the events that acured in February of 1917 but the social and political changes the effected Russia happened over many years. Many say that they are continuing to this day but that is a topic for another paper. The question posed for this paper is, was the autocracy…

Bloody Sunday Research Analysis The Bloody Sunday protest and massacre was a perfect example of how opportunistic rebellions work by taking advantage of economic downturns and lack of strategic state leadership by inciting hope within the lower working class population, and implanting the potential for success in their minds despite the bloodshed that took place. As confirmed by the theorist Chenoweth, the poorly executed response to the original peaceful protest by the military lead to further…

Source A shows a painting based on a terrible day in St. Petersburg January 9th, 1905. Analysing this painting, we can see the lined-up palace guards, many firing at the protestors while they collapse, and scramble for safety. Bloody Sunday started an attempted revolution for great change. This protest ended in a catastrophe and gained Nicholas II the name; ‘Bloody Nicholas’ due to his palace guards opening fire on the protestors upon confusion and chain reaction further impacting the lives of…

Anton Chekhov adopted a number of fundamental techniques in The Seagull that as a combination allow for the creation of a truthful representation of life as it is, and thus provides a depiction of life as it ought to be. The doctor and dramatist, Chekhov was born in Russia on the twenty-ninth of January in 1860. His work can be distinguished by its objective stance, its employment and representation of the human emotions, and yet it’s contrasting scientific exploration of these emotions of the…

Finland did not have it easy. Its history was built on bloody wars and severe famines which affected policies and the national psyche for many generations. On December 6, 1917, just weeks after the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, Finland declared its independence, but experienced a terrible civil war a few months later between the ‘whites’ (educated class supported by Germany and the large class of small farmers) and the ‘reds’ (the workers supported by the Russians, who were landless and lacked…

GLOBAL JAYA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL English Language & Literature HL Extended Essay How Does George Orwell Use Symbolism To Show Us His Ideas On Authoritarianism in his novel “Animal Farm”? Lucas Gramm Candidate Number: 002189-0025 Word Count: 3454 An essay exploring Orwell’s use of Symbolism throughout his novel “Animal Farm” in order to illustrate his views on authoritarian regimes parallel to what had happened throughout the Russian Revolution. Introduction:…

The communists during the Russian Revolution believed that human nature is inherently good, and the government is what causes people to do wrong. Yet, during that period in communist Russia millions of people died as a result of Stalin’s purges. Also, in 1945 the German regime was revealed to the world, Auschwitz and all its horror was released. Both totalitarian governments, and we are meant to believe human nature is essentially good. This was the context in which George Orwell wrote his book,…

A mindset can change from good to evil by the power of greed. Power requires responsibility, and if an individual does not use their power in a positive light then they will destroy the people around them. Animal Farm by George Orwell is an allegory of animals based of the Russian Revolution leaders that rebel after being harshly mistreated by their owner. The leader of the animals, Napoleon, manipulates the farm animals to establish a tyrannical rule over the farm. George Orwell reveals how the…

Since the early 1600’s Russia had been ruled by the Romanov family. The final Tsars were increasingly ineffective and when Tsar Nicholas II came into power he did not fix the mistakes of the past Tsars and due to his bad leadership he is solely to blame for bringing his country into ruin which in turn led to his downfall, however, the people of Russia were eager for change because of the mistakes of the past Tsars and Nicholas II could not govern the entire country and keep them from wanting a…

The Ambiguous Reality of Ivan the Terrible’s Childhood While Ivan’s childhood years were mild factually, it is evident through his writings that he perceived them as being difficult, predominantly due to how he was treated by the boyars, the Russian aristocrats. Consequently, Ivan’s emotional scars instigate his anti-boyar policies and actions in the 1550’s and 1560’s. Ivan became the ruler of Russia at the young age of 3 after his father Grand Prince Vasilii III died. Upon his death, his…