Reasons For The Fall Of Rasputin

In conclusion to the fall of the Romanov dynasty, it is shown that Nicholas had the biggest impact of Russia becoming a communist country as he did not have a greater understanding on the way to run his country, he also didn’t take full responsibility for his people and the soldiers in WW1,

This was all an act and people soon accused him of being a fraud. Many believed he was sabotaging the russian war effort. Them believing this made people want him dead. Rasputin was also very sexually promiscuous meaning he slept with many women out of marriage and some even said he slept with women who were married.One woman they believed had an affair with him was the Russian Tsar Nicholas II wife. In an article they wrote, “his notorious affairs with aristocratic women, and rumors that he was having an affair with Tsarina herself, convinced many that he was a disgrace to the court, and must go.” These are actions of Rasputin that lead to him being shunned by society. Rasputin and Hester from The Scarlet Letter had similarities and differences. A similarity was that they were both shunned by the society they lived in. However they were shunned for some different reasons and some the same. They were both shunned for committing a sexual sin. Rasputin was sexually promiscuous and Hester committed adultery. One difference is that Rasputin was looked at as a fraud and Hester was not. So Hester and Rasputin were the same in a lot of ways and

Was the impact of WW1 the main reason for the fall of Tsar Nicholas II in 1917?

Although it was the Tsar’s actions that lead to many riots and fuelled the fire for revolution, he made those decisions because of the Tsarina and her influence. She had no political knowledge but that didn’t stop her from getting involved, she was a firm believer that the Tsar deserved his autocratic power and it was the will of God that he was in the position he was in. This belief led her to encourage him to ignore many people who could have potentially helped preserve the autocratic system by helping the Tsar make sensible decisions regarding the situation at hand. The fact that the Tsarina assumed an active political role later on and would often let Rasputin to get involved was a major factor in bringing about the fall of the Romanovs. She was unpopular as it was, but by attempting to make such big decisions without the advice of the Duma, she was in fact destroying the autocratic system rather than saving it as she thought she was doing. Not only did she continue to encourage the Tsar to ignore all others, she often undermined his authority by overruling decisions made by him. By getting involved in the way she did, she only further increased her own popularity but was also starting to unintentionally take the Tsar down with

The topic of this investigation is to analyze to what extent did the personal influence of Grigori Rasputin lead to the fall of the Russian Empire. The analysis will investigate the relationship of Rasputin to those in positions of power, starting from the time when Rasputin first treated Alexei to the last days of the Romanov Dynasty. Statements from those acquainted with Rasputin and

Rubashov’s character vacillates between embracing the individualistic traits of his nature to the pull exerted on him by the indoctrination of the ideology of the greater good, even at the expense of individual liberty and freedom. Rubashov, during his time in prison though shows a propensity to acknowledge the failure of the glorious tenets of the Revolution, for he has seen the horror of the totalitarian system in the purges carried out by the party leaders under the pretext of filtering traitors. In an acknowledgement of the folly of his and the Party’s ways, Rubashov states “…we are doing the work of prophets without their gift. We replaced vision by logical discussion…” and it is this acceptance of their shortcomings that shows the transformation of Rubashov.

In this text Phillip Barbour examines the life and death of the First False Tsar Dmitri in an attempt to find his true identity. Barbour uses extensive primary sources to describe the events of Tsar Dmitri’s life, both from Russian and non-Russian sources. While Barbour is not able to conclusively identify Dmitri’s true identity he does provide a comprehensive understanding of his life. While Barbour tends to rely on outdated historiography, this text will be a good source for a general understanding of how Dmitri gained and lost power and the social, political, and cultural mechanism behind his

He implied he was closer to the tsar and tsarina than he actually was and utilized this to win favors for companions and acquire a costly way of life for himself. Alexandra who was 22 when she wedded Nicholas II was a capable and stern ladies who, even before her wedding, had begun annoying Nicholas at his fathers deathbed. She likewise attempted to restrict the family in an everlasting tea party at the tsar's imperial retreat. She believed nobody and thought the most noticeably awful of everybody who attempted to prompt her spouse . For the greater part of their marriage her political investment was negligible, yet close to the end of their rule she was in control Russia as Nicholas had gone to the war front to aid his officers. She was sacking priests and consultants for Rasputin's benefit. With Nicholas far from St Petersburg gossipy tidbits about outrages inside the regal family were going through general society stadium. Regardless of Rasputins murder in 1916 the picture of the tsar and tsarist manage as awkward and overwhelmed by religious otherworldliness was immovably embedded in the

Nicholas II, the last of the Romanov Tsars, was a man with good intentions for his country, however, he lacked many of the crucial attributes necessary in being a proficient ruler. He was a weak and indecisive leader; too gentle and too uneducated to take on the role of an autocrat. Moreover, Nicholas was heavily influenced by his wife, Tsarina Alexandra, to follow in his father’s footsteps and preserve autocracy, leading to the downfall of the 304-year reign of the Romanov family. The Tsar refused to move on with the times and his inability to rule effectively was compounded by the burdensome events that occurred during his reign.

THE PARANOIA AROUND THE RUSSIAN MYSTIC INFLUENCER GRIGORI EFIMOVICH RASPUTIN WAS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR THAT LED TO THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION. Rasputin was a Russian mystic/holy man who was close to the Tsar Nicolas II of Russia and his family from 1906-1916. It was believed that Rasputin had a special relationship with the Tsarina Alexandra Feodoronva and had some sort of influence over her decisions. Due to people's paranoia, they slowly distrusted, and subsequently overthrew, the Russian government under the Romanov Dynasty, which had ruled since 1613. This distrust and fear led way for the murder of the Tsar and his family. All this set into motion the development of the Soviet Union, Berlin Wall, and the Communist party.

Here, Rasputin steered towards the belief that the path to salvation lay through repentance, where one couldn’t repent, unless they had sinned, in order to get closer to God. This ideology invoked Rasputin’s sexual escapades and immoral conducts- a “voracious sexual appetite”, in which he “had a talent for getting under the ladies’ petticoats [while whispering to them] “you think I am polluting you, but I am not. I am purifying you” . Through Rasputin’s “superhuman thirst for alcohol” , and added sexually driven “intense grey eyes” , it was rumoured that “the tsarina had wild orgies with him”, and that he had captured her in his grasp. Although Rasputin appeared a pious and saintly holy man in front of the Royal couple, others saw him as a sex-craved peasant - “a dark force that was corrupting Mother Russia”, “who in the eyes of Lynch, a revisionist historian, who focuses of the role of people, was a ‘fatal disease’ inflicting damage to the Tsarist regime” - the last imperial dynasty to rule Russia since 1613 to 1917. Rasputin later through a revelation, claimed, that the Russian Army would fail in the First World War, unless the Tsar took control- a mistake which caused the downfall of the Russian

Tsar Nicholas II’s reign was turbulent, seeing wars, revolutions, and a general sense of displeasure from the people and the government. Intellectuals were no longer content with living under an autocracy and believed that the Russian government was archaic and inefficient. Peasants spoke out against their poor living and working conditions. By 1917, Nicholas’ reign was over and the Romanov family was no longer in power.

But, all these bad decisions were no match to his most fatal mistake… keeping Russia in the war. He went to the front to take person command of his army during war and to get them happier, while his wife was leading the government. While she was in command she had no idea what she was doing and only followed the idea of Rasputin. This was a self-described holy man that supposedly had magical healing powers. Everything was falling apart and the people were now at total social

He is just a good, religious, simple-minded Russian. –Tsar Nicholas II (Russian). Grigori Rasputin was that and more. Rasputin was a lot of different things to a lot of people. To the Tsarina Alexandra, Rasputin was a healer and a dear friend. To some of the nobles, he was a threat and should be killed. Despite having different opinions of Rasputin, everyone agreed that he could work miracles. The Czar’s son, Alexei, is proof of one these miracles. Besides preforming healing miracles, he also had influence in the court of the Tsar (Grigory). Rasputin

was brought in due to the Tsar’s son Alexia suffering from haemophilia, and was told he had the powers from God himself to heal him. However, Rasputin was notorious for his reputation as an alcoholic and a womanizer. (Westwood, 2002, p. 215) Even though Alexia was getting better with the aid of Rasputin his own desires were not at bay. Geoffrey Hosking stated “Rasputin influenced court and even government appointments, exploiting his power to make sexual conquests among high society ladies.” This enables us to understand that Rasputin did not have Russia in his best interests.