Tsarist autocracy

unfortunate, unprepared and uninformed decisions began with his marriage and would ultimately lead to the demise of his imperial family’s three-hundred-year dynastic tradition. The turn of the century illuminated Russia as the last remaining European autocracy. It was labeled “backwards” by other European powers. Only recently in the 1860s had the serfs been freed from legal bondage by Alexander II,…

The Russian Revolution was perhaps one the most important events of the 20th century; it cannot be doubted that it had a massive influence on social ideologies and world history. The Russian Revolution, known today as a bloody and chaotic revolution, was characterized by the friction that existed between the citizens of Russia and Tsar Nicholas II. In 1917, two revolutions swept through the country, ending the imperial rule that existed. In March, the February Revolution erupted and forced…

The French Revolution, which is often described as the beginning of Modern Europe, represents the beginning of the 19th century. The political change brought by the Revolution was so immense that it caused other European powers to intervene to prevent its ideas from entering the conscious of their subjects. Ideals outlined by the Declarations of the Right of Man such as “Men are born and remain free and equal in rights” and “As all persons are held innocent until they shall have been declared…

During 1683-1908, both the Ottoman and Russian empires dealt with internal and external challenges that affected their methods of ruling their empires. Three similarities they both encountered was they both faced Westernization and constitutional challenges directly, they both had many members of the rising education urban middle school class deserted constitutional nationalism and lastly, they were both able to attain the Western industrial challenge. While experiencing these internal and…

Orlando Figes is a professor of history at the University of London. He has published many books concerning Russian history, such as A People’s Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891-1924, which received the Wolfson History Prize and other awards as well. Figes has proven to be a very accomplished author, proving the world with comprehensive information about Russian history, which have been translated into more than 20 languages. In his book, Revolutionary Russia, 1981-1991, he provides a…

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…

This paper is about Russian Intellectuals. There are a lot of things to talk about on this topic, but to save some time here is a short list of the information. First is what the word intellectuals is and how it was for the people and government of Russia. Second would be about the first Intelligently and how it started, under the Soviet rule and many other things. Third would be about Russia’s Intellectual problem or problems, and fourth is Origins of Russian Intellectual Culture. Fifth and…

The Cold War: History and Advancements The Cold War still has great affects till this day be-cause of the conflicts between the countries that were in-volved, and the making of weapons that were used as threats to threaten other countries. Also the end results of the war which still continues till this day. Capital democracies such as the United States where peo-ple have a choice on how they and everyone has an equal amount of say about the decisions that affect their lives. Capitalism…

816). The People of Russia faced many problems before World War I; their peasant population increased due to high birthrate and low death rate. Which caused an emergence of an urban working class, this industrialization was new in Russia and the Tsarist regime struggled to last. After three years of war Russia’s army was left severely damaged and their land as well. The people of Russia suffered from shortage of food, fuel, being homeless, and a large number of deaths, as well as their…

The State Duma The State Duma was a branch of Russian government that was founded to head peace negotiations as a consultative branch and was unsuccessful due to its aristocratic ties to the early fifteenth century. The original State Duma was demolished in the seventeen hundreds and was revived in 1906 after the crisis of 1905. It was a corrupt branch of government that was relatively ineffective on account of Tsar Nicholas II and his ability to veto any legislation passed up by the Duma…