Nicholas I of Russia

During World War I Nicholas II assumed supreme command of the Russian Army in September 1915. Nicholas II's personal expectation of command grew out of one of the critical weaknesses of his reign: his own incompetence as a ruler and as an individual. In addition to his naive belief that he shared a personal communion with the Russian people, he ruled over a political system that could not function without his immediate presence. This fact was not merely perceived in hindsight. When the Emperor announced

Reign of Nicholas I has been marked with war. He grew up in a time when war was the accepted norm of Russia. As a child he saw his brother fight against the evil, which was Napoleon. With war being part of Nicholas everyday life he quickly became infatuated with it. “He always remained an army man, a junior officer at heart, devoted to his troops, to military exercises, to the parade ground, down to the last button on a soldiers uniform (Riasanovsky, 323)” Nicholas time growing up in Russia had an

The much talked about Right to Information Act came into force on October 12. The Union government says the Act is revolutionary, as it opens all official departments across the country to public scrutiny. The government also claims the new law will help it share power with the humblest, and empower the weakest The Right to Information (RTI) Act is a law enacted by the Parliament of India to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens. It was passed by Parliament

The rising of the Decembrist Russia was due to a confusion over the next succession. In 1825, Alexander I died suddenly. Alexander 's younger brother, Constantine, who was next in line, had no desire to assume the throne of such a burdensome empire, so he gave his right of succession to his brother Nicholas. Nicholas, however, had been left unaware of the official details of the change and on learning of Alexander 's death he proclaimed Constantine emperor at St. Petersburg, at the same time as Constantine

(1993). Nicholas II: Twilight of the Empire. New York: St. Martin's Press. The purpose of Lieven’s piece is to present a new assessment of Tsar Nicholas II and his reign over Russia. The author argues that his book takes a more sympathetic interpretation towards the Russian leader than many Soviet or Western scholars do. Therefore, in his literary piece, Lieven focuses on the political and dynastic elements of Nicholas II’s reign as well as the social and political contexts in which Nicholas II was

Nicholas I and Nicholas II both struggled with similar uncertainties of a possible revolution. Both came to a conclusion with a strong resemblance, and yet at the same time remained drastically different when their rule ended. While the names may suggest that Nicholas I was the father of Nicholas II, Nicholas I was actually Nicholas II’s great granduncle. The summarized history of their terms below will tell of and compare the Nicholas’ reigns of the Russian monarchy.      Nicholas

war between Great Britain, French, and along with some other countries against Russia. While Russia led by Nicholas I, entered to the Crimean War to defend Orthodox Christian within the autocrat empire; French entered this war because they promoted the Catholics Christian; Great Britain wanted to maintain the autocrat empire and maintain power (Aksakov and Danielevsky, 378-389). It was an absolute humiliating when Russia defeated the war. The Russian military was outplayed because the British had much

fearing invasions from Western nations in a fragile Soviet state, created massive industrial centers requiring thousands of male workers, a group that had been already much afflicted by huge losses during WW I, the civil war and organized famines. It is worth noting that from 1860 till 1914, Russia made very significant progress to become a modern state, catching up fast in the Western industrial world (large metallurgic plants in St. Petersburg, Moscow and in the Urals, coal extraction in Ukraine,

Alexander III was just happy to maintain a status-quo while much needed reforms were ignored. Stolypin Reforms under Tsar Nicholas II The last Tsar Nicholas II had to react to a first revolution in 1905 that threatened the Imperial regime, therefore he rapidly passed laws to form a house of representatives in charge of shaping reforms. Nicholas II institutionalized as Imperial Russia executive body, a government consisting of a group of Ministers. In 1907, Stolypin became Prime Minister and immediately

How far was Tsar Nicholas responsible for his own downfall? Within this essay I will be analysing the different factors which contributed to the Tsars downfall and asses how far he is responsible for his own downfall. One way we can blame the Tsar for his own downfall was that he made many mistakes, for example Bloody Sunday in January 1905 the Tsar gave orders to open fire on 200,000 peaceful protesters, killing between 500 and 2000 people. Leading this protest was a priest with a petition only