Essays on tsar
The period of Mongol domination is one of the most important in Russia’s history, perhaps even rivaling in significance the communist Soviet Union times. The Mongols conquered Rus’ in the years 1237-1240, devastating the South-West, namely Kiev’s region. The city itself, formerly the cradle of Russian culture and religion was sacked and burned. Northern and […]
In 1917, Tsar Nicholas the second abdicated from the Russian throne. This was because the Russian people had had enough of his autocratic ways. Nicholas was mainly responsible for his own downfall in 1917 but he was not wholly to blame for what happened. He was not brought up with any guidance of being a […]
How did Russia change and develop under the control of the great czars of the 17th and 18th centuries? Russia experienced a lot of change and development during the 17th and 18th centuries. Some of it was for good and some not so good. The czars of Russia, Ivan the great, Ivan the terrible, Peter […]
How far were divisions amongst opponents responsible for the survival of Tsarist rule, 1881 – 1905? Divisions of opposing groups of the Tsar were important to the survival of Tsarist Russia. However, other factors such as the church, the belief of the divine right, the army and the Okhrana were also effective in keeping the […]
