caused Russia much grief during and after the war. Nicholas’ wife Alexandra influenced many of these decisions and other decisions on state affairs. Nicholas’ personality allowed Alexandra to have a large impact on his reign. This further gave Grigori Rasputin a large political presence in Russia as well. Nicholas ’s personality was one of the factors that
One of the reasons for the Tsars downfall were the many mistakes that he made. Some of these mistakes was having Rasputin around so much, and letting him help and make import decisions that affected the Russian people. Having Rasputin make so many choices and the power he held over the Tsar made him seem weak and easily corruptible, which would have angered the Russian people. The Tsar also made the mistake of going to fight in the war. The Tsar had very little military experience and was not qualified
“rule” to an end. They start their by plan by luring the Rasputin to one of their palaces. Beginning the official murder plot, the men supposedly started poisoning the Starets food with cyanide. However, it seemed that this had no effect on the Starets at all. Later in the night, Rasputin was shot in the back and presumed dead. Leaving the “dead” Rasputin in a cellar, the men head upstairs to figure out where to bury the body. Shortly after, Rasputin clearly alive, escapes and attacks one of the murderers
turn affected his rapport with his citizens. The Royal family’s close association with controversial figure, Grigorii Rasputin, also affected their reputation and lessened the sanctity of royalty. Rasputin was a monk and self appointed mystic, however he was mainly known throughout Russia as a drunk and womaniser. His nickname itself meant ‘immoral’. The family became close to Rasputin due to his miraculous ability to calm and ‘heal’ the Tsarevich Alexei. The people were not fully aware of Alexei’s
Phillip thought that he might be still alive, in the form of Raspinsky! So Pip did a lot of research and settled the Raspinsky was definitely Rasputin. A few weeks later, Pip gained enough courage to go up to the blacksmith and ask him. Right before he was going to knock on the door of the shop he heard the voices of two people, (One which was Raspinskys) and another voice in Russian. So he found
The Romanov Dynasty held the Russian Empire as one of the most powerful European states for over three centuries. In 1917, during Nicholas II’s opposed reign, a revolution began that transformed the empire into the first ever communist nation, replacing the infamous autocratic rule and introducing the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic. It was a combination of factors which lead to the eventual fall of the Romanovs. Tsar Nicholas came to the throne during an arduous time in Russian history and his
The Cause of the 1917 Russian Revolutions Picture this: an enormous country completely filled with mayhem. The subjects rebel against the governing authorities, demanding reform. The governing authorities are betrayed when the soldiers commit mutiny in order to join the ongoing riots. The protestors themselves are divided, fighting against one another to come out on top. Almost everyone is against the leader of the nation, and eventually, through the mass of chaos, someone puts an end to the ruling
inherit the Romanov Dynasty. Later, she ended up having a son named Alexei. Alexei suffered from hemophilia and was helped by a man named Gregory Rasputin. Rasputin quickly became very close to Alexandra. And because of this Rasputin, he was able to advise and influence Nicholas through Alexandra as she dismissed the ministers and their deputies. Rasputin became Alexandra's adviser. There had been rumours on both of them and controversies. Though it seems as if the debate on this issue will never
Reasons Behind the Russian Revolution In March 1917, the situation for the Russians had become desperate and the workers wanted political changes as well as food and fuel. In Petrograd (as St.Petersburg had been renamed to avoid any German connection), 40,000 workers went on
and eleven thousand eight hundred officers. This time Russia had the largest army. Russia’s man power was estimated to be twenty five million men in combat. In the year 1914, the prime minister of Russia was Sergei Witte. Witte joined forces with Rasputin in convincing the Tsar not to enter the war. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was recently assassinated, which was one of the reasons World War I began. Tsar Nicholas took the advice and joined the Triple Entente, which consisted of Great