Russian Empire Essay Examples

Russia and the Soviet Union 1917-1945 1. Identify the major features of the life of Leon Trotsky between 1917 and 1940. Leon Trotsky is well recognised as one of the greatest Marxists that ever lived. After being arrested, sentenced to exile twice and supporting the Mensheviks, Trotsky was deported to New York City where he […]

Russia has had a huge history as a country most of that history has been spread with a vast range of revolutionary activity, aimed at over throwing the autocratic governments of Russia. For the most part, the early revolts were provoked by the common folk who lacked functional knowledge of politics and economic to implement […]

Eventually, empires and nations all collapse. The end can be brought about by many causes. Whether through becoming too large for their own good, being ruled by a series of out of touch men, falling behind technologically, having too many enemies, succumbing to civil war, or a combination: no country is safe. The Russia of […]

Absolutism and Peter the Great BY dyianl 995 Many monarchs, particularly those of European descent, employed the flourishing absolutist philosophy during their reign in the seventeenth century. Defined as the “absolute or unlimited rule usually by one man,” absolutism is virtually equivalent to the philosophy of despotism. A ruler incorporating the absolutist philosophy has complete […]

The aim of this paper is to discuss the cultural legacy left to the present generations by one of the most prolific and globally acknowledged giants of Russian classical literature Fyodor Dostoevsky. The paper focuses on the “Gentle Creature” and the “Ridiculous Man” short stories and provides a detailed compare and contrast analysis of the […]

Film response The film presents the character Peter the high as the iconic figure and force of revolution for the Russian Empire. Many of the attributes awarded to the ruler depict that he was the only leading personality that transformed the history of Russia given its predominant historical recognition at the international platform. Born in […]

Ka. Sons Stalin’s Communist Russia? Hitler’s Nazi Germany-Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin are widely regarded as the greatest tyrants of the twentieth century, accountable for more violent deaths than any other leaders in history. Both have been individually and collectively labeled mass murders, tyrants, “authors of terror”, and even “twin demons of the twentieth century”. […]

The incompetence of the Provisional Government (PG) and the Guomindang (GMD) made a considerable contribution to the outbreak of revolution in Russia (Oct 1917) and China (1949). Both the PG and GMD were relatively new forms of government placed in power to resolve longstanding issues such as low standards of living and significant needs for […]

This statement is true to a large extent. Arguably Communist rulers were more effective autocrats in comparison to those under the Tsarist regime. When examining the meaning of an autocratic state, we notice that the Communist had one absolute ruler, they were intolerant of opposition, had a rigid hierarchy and applied top down reform. Furthermore […]

Modern History Research Essay: The Russian Revolution Assess the role of the Bolsheviks for the decline and fall of the Romanov dynasty. The beginning of the 20th century brought radical changes to the social and political structure of autocratic Russia. It was a period of regression, reform, revolution and eradication. Eradication of a blood line […]

“With the possible exception of Nikita Khrushchev, no Russian ruler brought so much relief to so many people as did Alexander II, autocratic and conservative though he was. ” This quote from the historian Westwood shows the opinion he holds that Alex II was a ‘Tsar liberator’. This essay will examine Russia under Alexander’s rule […]

The case study, Conflict in Close Quarters, discusses an experiment conducted by a team of psychologist at Moscow’s Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP). The team wanted to study the dynamics of long-term isolation in space so that they could apply this knowledge to the International Space Station. To achieve this experiment IBMP set up a […]

There were already problems in Russia before Rasputin became a significant figure: Nicholas II was not a strong leader, there was a lack of food, a lot of people were living in horrific conditions in the slums, the 1905 revolution devalued the establishment of Tsarism, the failure to keep the promise of a Duma, the […]

It would be unfair and inaccurate to state that the abdication of Nicholas II was a direct result of the length of World war I without first looking at the other problems faced by the Tsar in 1914-1917, the years of war in which the Tsar was in power. There were many other threats to […]

By 1917 Russia had been at War for three years and the strains on the both the army and the country itself were becoming more and more established as time went on and people were beginning to question the Tsar’s rule. Previous to 1917 the Tsar had suffered many setbacks as ruler of Russia. The […]

Geography has dominated Russia’s history. It was difficult to communicate across the large seas. Much of the North and East were nearly uninhabitable, whereas the Black earth areas were extremely rich. Russian policy faced a question: is Russia a Western or European country, with the same interests as other European Powers, or an Asiatic Power […]

Just previous to 1894, the king was Alexander III, 49 years old. Alexander was incredibly influenced by Konstantin Pobedenestov, Procurator of the Holy Synod, who also believed in an anti-western Russia (later backed by the Slavophiles, who also disliked the Western way of life). He brought back censorship in education and he press and also […]

Russia was once described by Winston Churchill as “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”. Russia had its own alphabet, calendar and is completely unique with entirely different strengths and weakness compared to the west. From 1825 – 1855 Tzar Nicholas I was in power of this puzzle of a country, he represented […]

Many different tsars have ruled over Russia since 1547. The tsars were like kings, they had the power to do as they pleased. All the tsars dealt with any problems with an immediate, forceful strike against them.When Tsar Nicholas II came to power he appeared to be a good ruler, he was hard working and […]

There is no doubt that the tsar faced difficulties in the years leading up to the First World War. These difficulties can be divided into political and social and economic problems. In terms of the political problems the Tsar faced, there was the fact that he was an autocrat not listening to anyone else’s views […]

When Nicholas was 26 years old and still politically immature, Alexander III died suddenly of kidney disease on October 26, 1894. His father had kept him out of most affairs of state, but the ill-prepared Nicholas nevertheless became the czar. Acutely aware of his limitations, he was initially overwhelmed by the responsibility of ruling Russia. […]

The 1905 revolution was a dangerous time for the Tsar of Russia at the time, Nicholas II. There was much unrest among the Russian people during the early years of the 20th century and many revolutionary groups were beginning to emerge as an immediate threat to the Tsar and his regime. The tsar had been […]