Tsar Nicholas 'Riots Broke Out In Petrograd'

The Grand Duchess Olga wrote in her journal: “…and he was wholly ignorant about governmental matters. Nicky had been trained as a soldier”. (Fiehn, T. 1996). Nicholas’ sister suggests that he was not ready due to his lack of training. Margot Tracey, daughter of a Russian industrialist declared in 1917, after Nicholas’ abdication “Everybody was fed up with the Tsar because they thought he was weak. When he abdicated there was great rejoicing everywhere. My parents opened champagne bottles and celebrated with friends.”.(White 1994 p.14) Margot shows her understanding of what was going on at the time and that Nicholas was very weak leader, although still a tyrant. Margot’s statement supports the hypothesis as it plainly says that the people did not like Nicholas as a leader due to how weak he was. Margot’s statement is further corroborated by Sergei Witte, a Russian Minister during Nicholas II rule “I pity the Tsar. I pity Russia. He is a poor and unhappy sovereign. What did he inherit and what will he leave? He is obviously a good and quite intelligent man, but he lacks will power, and it from that character that his state defects developed, that is, his defects as a ruler, especially an autocratic and absolute ruler.” (Russian Revolution Quotations 2015). These sources work together to support the fact that Nicholas II was responsible for his own downfall due to his weak character and that he was not properly prepared for the role. This caused

The book Animal Farm by George Orwell, is an allegory for the Russian Revolution. One allegory can be seen through Czar Nicholas II, who represents Mr.Jones. In Animal Farm the animals defeat and overthrow Mr.Jones, a bad farmer who mistreats his animals. The animals try to recover from the horrible reign of Mr.Jones, and the story is about how they live after overthrowing the farmer. Czar Nicholas II and Mr.Jones both struggled with their subjects and eventually were not fit to be a leader anymore so lost the right.

The means by which Nicholas II sought to rule as Tsar as well as his intrinsic characteristics played a significant role in the occurrence of Revolution in 1917. Nicholas was conservative by nature. His insufficient leadership tuition, brought about by his unexpected ascendance to power in 1894, forced his unwavering reliance on the systems established by his predecessors. Nicholas was a man of weak fortitude, his poor decisions and miscalculations throughout his reign owe much to his personality.

“I have been questioning his methods of ruling for years now, ever since he stripped my family of my beloved brother. I had idolized my brother and was inspired to follow his footsteps in a fight for change when the Tsar’s okhrana brutality took him from me on May the 8th, 1887. I believed the Tsar Nicholas’s ruling methods to be outdated and his use of brutality and ignorance to be the cause of the minorities depression within this mislead country. The motivation my brother’s death brought to me pushed me to investigate further into politics. Here I found more unjust laws the Tsar stood by and I decided to work hard enough to make a change.”

Following WWI, sever strain was placed on Russia's weak government and economy, resulting in mass shortages and hunger. The people and soldiers turned against the Tsar, losing faith in his authority and power due to the mismanagement and failure of the war, his decision to take personal command of the army seemed to make him responsible for the defeats. Discontent grew amongst the people where they In March, growing civil unrest and discontentment erupted into open revolt and strikes in Petrograd, forcing the abdication of Nicholas II (1868-1918), the last Russian czar. The Duma then assumed control and declared a provisional government.  Eight months later, the radical Bolshevik party seized power from the Provisional government.

Czar Nicholas was a big part of the Russian Revolution. He was the last Czar of Russia and was raised to throne after his father’s death. Even though he was put up right away after the death of his father, he was unprepared for such a role. As he is Czar of Russia he makes a lot of changes and turning points. One of the biggest was when Russia was going through economic growth and their industry started to expand. When the started to expand the Japanese felt threatened and attacked Russia, which eventually led to the Russian and Japanese war. “The Russian and Japanese war led to the Russian

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.

Nicholas the second was Russia’s last Czar which ended the age of monarchy for them. “Nicholas II received his education through a string of private tutors, including a high-ranking government official named Konstantin Pobedonostsev. While Nicholas II excelled in history and foreign languages, ironically, the future leader struggled to comprehend the subtleties of politics and economics.” (Nicholas II Biography, biography.com, A&E Television Networks, June 22, 2016) When he was 19 he joined the army and despite being heir to the throne he reached to the rank of colonial. “ Nicholas II inherited the Russian throne when his father died of kidney disease at the age of 49 on October 20, 1894. Reeling from the loss, and poorly trained in affairs

Mr.jones goes out to get drunk and forgets to feed the animals. The cows are fed up and kick in the barn door and all of a sudden all the animals are eating from the bins. When Mr.jones and his men come in ro whip the animals into obedience, full-scale rebellion erupts, and the animals chase Mr.jones and his men off the farm. “ All animals are equal “ in this scenario, Mr. Jones is an allusion to the last tsar of russia, NICHOLAS II.The tsar had been known for being out of

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the ruling Tsar for 23 years, once said: “There is no justice among men.” (BrainyQuote,2017). Nicholas II was the famous last Tsar of Russia when he abdicated power to the Provisional Government in 1917. The Russian Revolution was a catalyst for major world events and changes that took place in the 20th century.

Jones and Czar Nicholas II were portrayed by George Orwell very well in my opinion. Orwell used Nicholas II to base his character Mr. Jones in an understandable, simple, modernized way. It was very easy to connect the dots and draw comparisons. The two of them, Nicholas II and Mr. Jones, had many similar problems and actions that were in each other's life. Some differences were there, but not many. Mr. Jones in the book Animal Farm did not die like Nicholas. They Both lived in a bed of roses, but surprisingly, they still had work needed to be done. Be that as it may, they failed in doing their necessary duties which cause an uprising in their responsibilities. Consequently, both the men were over the throne and put to

In Russia, Tsarism had been the system of government since 1547, the country being ruled as an autocracy. For many years the Tsars had been powerful, strong and had the qualities needed to be a great leader, though in 1917, the Tsarist regime came to an end, with Nicholas Romanov II as the country’s current monarch. Tsar Nicholas played a great role in the fall of Tsarism; his incompetency and lack of leadership skills lead to downfall and created a communist Russia. Nicholas made many mistakes which triggered the collapse, which include failure to make the duma work and address the October Manifesto, his role in World War 1 and his decline in authority and support.

Mr. Jones represents the abusive, unjust communist power. He would represent Nicholas II during the Russian revolution. Nicholas II, who led a “Bloody Government” was taken over by the Bolshevik part. We can see that the animals represent the Bolshevik party and Mr. Jones as the one who gets overthrown. During the Russian revolution, Nicholas II killed anyone who got in his way, which is why his government was described “bloody”. This, of course upset the citizens which is why they revolted as a whole. Mr. Jones slaughtered the animals and restricted them from freedom. With encouragement from Old Major’s speech, the animals revolted against Mr. Jones’s “government”.

When the animals decided they had enough of his careless acts, they rebelled against him. The animals chased Mr. Jones out of the farm and the pigs took over. This an allegory of the army turning on Nicholas II during a revolution that randomly started in 1917, just like the animals’ rebellion. The army eventually exiled him and set up a temporary government, otherwise known as “the pigs.” In the novel, it states that “At last they could stand no longer.

The rebellion was to escape from people and their cruel ways, but can they escape the death-grip of their own kind? The animals of animal farms are mistreated and have no rights. Mr and Mrs. Jones were the owners of Manor Farm, the human oppressors, and authoritarians of the animals. The animals rebel against the Jones and take over the farm. They create a utopian society for themselves, but the utopia quickly turns into a dystopia when the pigs take control of the farm. In many ways, Animal Farm is a complete allegorical / fable –like retelling of the founding of the Soviet Union, complete with a rebellion and eventual installation of a dictator. Like the ideological battle that was raged in Russia between the classes, the one that is played out in this novel have many of the same themes, including an initial push to strengthen the working class, a strong beginning movement of nationalism and unity, a series of successful efforts to topple the ruling authority (Mr. Jones), all followed by a complete totalitarian takeover by a dictator who is a hypocrite and goes back on many of the promises he made at the height of the revolutionary action.