Tsar

In May 1896, the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II only succeeded in highlighting the conceited opulence, indulgence of the Romanov dynasty, and the complete lack of caution regarding the ever-increasing discontent among the Russian peasantry of the late 19th century. The actions or lack thereof of the Tsar and his dignitaries to the tragedy that plagued the coronation itself emphasised the lack of compassion toward their citizens. While it is obvious to see from the collection of diary entries…

Would you go to war against your leader for equality? The Bolsheviks were a group for the minority, even though their name means majority, to go against Tsar Nicholas II after events happen that cause him to be hated by his people. The Bolsheviks were for the people in order to obtain a power of equality since the group was a socialist movement. Tsar Nicholas II is the leader of the Romanov Dynasty but around 1900 his citizens change their perspective of him. In 1905 an Orthodox Priest was…

As World War 1 goes to the end, Russia gets to an informal situation. The leader of Russia who was Tsar was ruling the country in a wrong way. After the corruption of Tsar, Lenin who is part of the Bolsheviks comes up and rules the country. He comes up with a government that will give land and takes care of the country. As a result, Lenin became a leader who made Russia a stable country. Lenin’s government was overall more different than Tsar’s government for many important reasons. The main…

Technology provides us with a means to do a task faster, better, or more efficient than we could do by ourselves. In many ways, technology is more powerful than us. Computers are able to find solutions to equations that would take humans lifetimes to solve. Nuclear bombs are able to cause orders of magnitude more damage than humans alone could. And with every technology we make, we control it to an extent. We can control what a computer calculates and when to launch a nuclear bomb, but accidents…

Since the article “The Case for Torture” by Michael Levin was published in Newsweek in 1982, it has stirred up many debates regarding the universal use of torture. Levin believes that torture is justifiable in extreme cases such as preventing terrorism to save lives. Levin argues by giving examples of make-believe scenarios in which the only two options given are to either meet the demands of the terrorist or to torture the terrorist so that innocent lives can be spared; however, Levin’s…

Was It Necessary For the United States to Drop the Atomic Bomb? “It’s funny, but things don’t matter anymore. Yesterday, my shoes were my most important possessions. Today, I don 't care.” Against the Use of the Bomb: Legality- One of the first notable things that should have discouraged the decision to use the atomic bomb was that the use of it was illegal. In September of 1938, the League of Nations recognized the principles of international law, which included an unanimous decision to…

North Korea Hydrogen Bomb Current Events 1 Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20160106050446/http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/north-korea-quake-nuclear-1.3391121 Daniel Ha North Korea claimed it had created and tested a hydrogen bomb on Wednesday, January 6th. There was a seismic disturbance caused by an explosion, which caused a magnitude of 5.1, similar to the magnitude in the 2013 nuclear test, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A hydrogen bomb is a weapon that gets its energy…

picked up in France following Napoleonic Wars (lecture, 10/5). Decembrists made a mistake of thinking that Nicholas I would be receptive to their ideas. However, he was a conservative. This one of the reasons to why the Decembrist uprising against the tsar Nicholas. Catherine's Legislative Commission of 1767 also played an important in this uprising. One of the commissions was to create national schools (Cracraft 203). Catherine believe national schools because she had a vision of new bread mean…

In the case of the Russo-Japanese War, it became painfully apparent that Tsar Nicholas II was not fit to be head of state, especially not in a time of war. Instead of analytically reviewing his own military power and comparing it to that of his enemy, he placed his fate “more based on his belief in God than on confidence in”…

Tsar Nicholas’ personality had a big impact on his leadership; his unfavourable attitude of being the Tsar of Russia meant that he didn’t really take the title as an honour but more of a burden. Nicholas II’s leadership was passive and not oppressive; he didn’t know how the rule the country nor was he interested in doing it. This is evident in a letter to his brother-in-law in 1894 where he states: “I am not prepared to be a Tsar. I never wanted to become one. I know nothing of the business of…