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    times, but Nicholas was not the right person, and his actions in each of these events promoted unrest throughout the nation, leading to the 1917 Russian revolutions. There were bloody messes that impacted the whole world. Perhaps they might have been avoided if Nicholas II was never made the tsar of Russia. Works Cited Chubarov, Alexander. The Fragile Empire: A History of Imperial Russia. The Continuum Publishing Company, 15 March, 2001 Kurth, Peter. Tsar: The Lost World of Nicholas and Alexandra

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    Assess the role of the Tsar in the fall of the Tsarist Regime. 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

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    Was Nicholas solely responsible for the revolution of 1917? The revolution of 1917 was the culmination of a number of factors coming together and causing the volatile mix of reasons to come together and boil over. The people of Russia where fed up with the horrible conditions they had to put up with and decided to do something about it. Some factor I will discuss include the industrialization, Nicholas introduced several policies which harmed his countries economic prosperity. One thing that

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    Nicholas Romanov was an insensible, awkward and coldhearted pioneer. His character was the conclusive figure bringing on the upheaval" "The last Tsar of Russia was a heartbreaking figure a fantastic instance of being a pioneer in the wrong place at the wrong time. Nothing inside his energy could have kept the strengths of progress from surpassing Tsarist Russia." Whatever degree do you concur with these clarifications of the breakdown of totalitarianism in Russia? Nicholas Romanov was a hesitant

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    Joseph Stalin could be considered a ‘Red tsar’ Soso Djugashvili, more commonly known as Joseph Stalin, ‘man of steel’, dictator of the Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) Russia, can be considered a ‘Red Tsar’ to an extent when features of Stalinism are compared to those of Tsarism and Russia ruled by Nicholas II’s autocratic regime from 1894 to 1917. A ‘Red Tsar’ is a communist leader whom follows similar principles followed under the leadership of a Tsar, that were influenced by few opinions allowing

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    abdication of the Tsar. It will be compared to social, individual, politic and economic factors. The First World War was a significant factor in causing the abdication of the Tsar and leading to revolution. This was because of the 9 million men wounded or killed by 1917 due to ‘under-equipped and poorly-led Russian Army’. This led to revolution it made the Tsar was closely linked to Russia’s military failing as, as Russia’s leader he was supposed to lead them to victory in war. Nicholas had failed to

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    Nicholas II Biography

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    Nicholas II was born on May 6, 1868, in Pushkin, Russia. He was the son of Tsar Alexander III and Maria Feodorovna. Nicholas II was the oldest son of Alexander III, which later made him the ruler of the Russian Empire. Nicholas II was taught by Russian academics at home by private tutors. He knew several languages and had a wide knowledge of history, he also grasped military science. Nicholas II took the throne at age 26 after his father’s unexpected death because of Kidney disease in 1894. Nicholas

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    The Russian revolution was caused by its bad leadership, of its tsar Nicholas ii. Russia was going into World War 1 untrained and poorly equipped men. Farmers were being taken away to serve their country; with the farmers away food shortages began to put strain on the government. He was later effected the economy, land area (specifically where food was grown) and transport in and out of Russia. All of this lead up to the revolution of 1917.this was the dark times for Russia. World War 1 meant that

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    During the early 18th century, tsar Nicholas II, took reign and caused chronic discontents brewing throughout Russia. His actions were seen as obstinate such as his managements of society and economy. With Russia’s poor economy resulted from WWI and increasing burden of tsar for industrial workers and soldiers, the provisional government was at stake. Growing civil unrest, coupled with chronic food shortages, erupted into revolts of peasants, forcing the abdication of Nicholas II. By the end of the nineteenth

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    Selfishness is like a cruel parasite that invades governments and leaders minds making them into corrupt and vain zombies. In The Family Romanov, Candace Fleming tells the story of the gruesome regime of Tsar Nicholas Romanov II over Russia and how the tsar ignores the needs of his subjects and instead focuses on using his power for his own personal gain, ultimately corrupting the government. In George Orwell's sequel allegory, Animal Farm, it tells the story of pigs, Napoleon, Snowball, and Squealer

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