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Russian Revolution: Tsar’s Incompetent Leadership In order for a great leader to succeed, he/she must recognizes the aspirations of his/her people and maintain an efficient government. Leaders who do not achieve those will most likely to rule poorly and often lead to destruction of their regimes. Their failures as leaders included policies that either pleased or benefited the people. During the early 18th century, tsar Nicholas II, took reign and caused chronic discontents brewing throughout Russia

The Russian Revolution was a series of two revolutions that consisted of the February Revolution and the October Revolution. The February Revolution of March 8th, 1917 was a revolution targeted and successfully removed Czar Nicholas II from power. The February Revolution first began to take place when strikes and public protests between 1916 and early 1917 started occurring. These strikes were created to protest against and to blame Czar Nicholas II for Russia’s poor performance in WWI and severe

After years of violent wars in which Russia was almost always defeated, the climax of tension within the Russian state came to a peak in the year 1917. The series of wars came at the price of great discontent from the Russian citizens as the country 's economy and government began to drastically suffer. The wars, plus a coexisting population boom, was too much stress on the agricultural land available to the lower class for their farming, and many people began starving. The rise of the bourgeoisie

The opposition groups in Russia before 1914 often came across as ineffective and weak; however, they had certain strengths to them that must be acknowledged to gain the full breadth of the argument. The main opposition to the Tsar before 1914 was: the Kadets, the Social Revolutionaries, and the Bolsheviks. All of these groupings have individual strengths and limitations within their organization and leadership, their support, and their actions; but it is true that, counting all of them separately

How significant was war in bringing about political change in Russia in the year 1856-1964? War had a huge political impact on Russia from 1856 to 1964, but it was not the only factor that brought about political change. Political change was influenced by many aspects. A big part of what brought about political change was the different wars that took place which included; The Crimean war of 1853, The Russo-Japanese war of 1904 and lastly the First World War that began in 1914. These Wars were all

The Bolshevik (Russian) Revolution: “Peace, Land, and Bread” In the early 1900’s, Russia was a country ripe for a revolution; with a dwindling tsar autocracy deteriorating due to poor leadership, overworked and poverty stricken citizens, World War I in motion, and numerous attempts at economic, social or political reforms, which all failed, the people of Russia had had enough and decided that the year 1917 was the right time to create the Bolshevik (Russian) Revolution. In the years leading up to

international economy: it has the world’s ninth largest economy, is home to a population of more than 140 million, and is a major producer and exporter of natural gas and oil (Nelson, 2015). The Russian economy is predicted to contract by 3.0% in 2015, however, it is difficult to assess whether targeted U.S. sanctions on Russian individuals and entities have contributed to worsening economic conditions in Russia (Nelson, 2015). This essay will look at the financial and energy sanctions, along with the counter-sanctions

Danni Scribani HIST-100-07 Mr. Frutchey Final Paper Peter the Great and His Great Impact On Russia Pyotr Alekseyevich, more commonly known as Peter the Great, was born on June 9, 1672 in Moscow, Russia. Peter the Great was the 14th child of Tsar Alexis and his second wife, Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina, and he inherited the throne fully after ruling jointly with his brother Ivan V from 1682 to 1696 when Ivan V died (Abbott, 15). Ivan V and Peter had shared the thrown due to the fact that Ivan was

the absence of warm water ports. While water does surround Russia, it is frozen over for the majority of the year, which made trade relatively impossible at the time. Therefore, capturing other warm water ports was a necessary step to increase Russian power. This necessity led to conflicts with both the Ottoman Empire, and the Swedish, who blocked Russia from the ports they desired. The strong navy that Peter developed, known as the Baltic fleet, had early successes in capturing Ottoman ports

deplorable living conditions. The citizens of Russia were poor, famished and overburdened. Eventually, the Russian Revolution of 1917 occurred which sparked a significant change and it was a defining moment for Russia. Many instances preceded the Revolution which ultimately led to revolt such as World War I, the poverty of the Russian population and the inefficient government. Primarily, Russians faced the burden of financial hardship resulting from the aftermath of war. Economic issues continued to