influence led to the removal and eventual execution of the Romanov Family in the year of 1917, one year after Grigori Rasputin’s assassination. Though the ungentlemanly behavior of Rasputin was not ideal, especially when associated the rulers of an Empire, it was not the only factor in the Romanov Empire’s collapse. Word Count 87 To what extent did Grigori Rasputin’s influence lead to the collapse of the Romanov Dynasty? Grigori Rasputin is known around the world as a “power mad
governed when the Russian Empire was expanding by conquest and diplomacy. While Catherine was leading many new towns and cities were founded under her orders. “The Catherine Era” is often considered the Golden Age of the Russian Empire. Catherine freed Russian nobles from compulsory military or state service. While Catherine was ruling she helped establish the first state-financed higher education institution for women. Catherine’s father, Christian
Many people agree that Catherine the Great was a very unlikely ruler in the history of the Russian Empire, and there are a lot of opinions about her importance for the whole country. She came to power at the time Russia needed a good ruler. Peter III was an awful politician and was making wrong decisions for the country, such as giving away provinces after war, which Russia didn’t lose. Catherine got the idea of the well-being of the country by having conversations with the famous philosophers of
Russia, the emancipation of the serfs in 1861 was the brainchild of Alexander and it took considerable effort on his part to persuade his advisors that it was a good idea. It was a huge move on paper as it aimed to change the traditional order in Russian society. In addition, Alexander II also brought in other reforms such as juries for all trials, allowing lectures of European government in universities and establishing the ‘zemstva’ in 1864. He was even considering further political reform that
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF NATIONALISM BASED ON THE PERSPECTIVES OF JOSEPH STALIN AND MIKHAIL GORBACHEV This research paper is presented to: Emma Delgado Allysia Michelle Castillo DEUSTAT-C A52 DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY 2401 Taft Ave., Malate, Manila Introduction: “Nationalism,” as defined by the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, is “generally used to describe two phenomena: 1.) The attitude that the members of a nation have when they care about their national identity
Politics To create what was known as the Sudebnik of 1550, Ivan the Terrible had to revise the law code of Russia. He also established the Zemsky Sobor which was the first Russian parliament in the Middle Ages. He also established the Chosen Council which is a council of nobles. 2. Peter the Great (1682-1725) In the 17th century a Russian czar named Peter the Great came to power and he is most known for his reforms in an attempt to make Russia a great nation. He is also known to be the man who brought