* He was a weak tsar as he was primarily reluctant to taking over * Bloody Sunday * 1905 revolution * Failures of the Dumas * Social democratic party, octobrists, social revolutionaries- revolution through peasants * Ignorant and arrogant What was the impact of ww1 on tsarist Russia? * Lack of available infrastructure- basic facilities banks factories ect. * Poor leadership of generals and officers * Poor communication * Incompetent and overconfident
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The Night Battles Composing of most of the European population in the 1500’s and 1600’s, peasants played an important role in the development of Europe. In his book The Night Battles, Carlo Ginzburg gives a unique perspective on the lives of Friulian peasants through the analysis of inquisitorial records. During the inquisitions, peasants were categorized as witches or benandanti, which literally means well-farer. “The benandanti were a small group of men and women, who because they were born with
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Shogun This period between 1603 (when Tokugawa Leyasu became the great “Shogun” of the Tokugawa Shogunate) and 1867 (when Tokugawa Yoshinobu formally returned political authority to the emperor) is also called the Edo Period. Edo is the former name for what is now Tokyo. This period was named after Edo castle, where the emperor lived, and was also the headquarters of the feudal government at the time. This period in Japan’s history has also been interpreted in contrary ways- once dismissed as the “Feudal
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classes and the economy. Japan’s economy relied on fishing and rice, while Western Europe relied on agriculture. The social classes of Western Europe and Japan were very different. The peasants were the lowest class of people in Western Europe, while in Japan the merchants and artisans were of lower ranking than peasants. They are similar in that
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Name: Tutor: Course: Date: World History since 1945 Truman Doctrine The doctrine is named after the then-president Harry Truman. The speech made by the president before Congress in 1947 gave birth to the doctrine. The reason President Truman made the speech was because Britain had announced that they will no longer support the Greek government economically and military wise. Through the doctrine, the government of United States of America (USA) promised to provide political, army and economic
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to cross). • Russian land was hard to farm – much was infertile Tundra, Desert or Taiga (forest). • 44% of people were Russian – the rest were different nationalities, many of whom wanted to be free of Russian rule. • Over 80% of population = peasants. ii. Government and Politics under the Tsar • Tsar was an autocrat (absolute ruler). He relied on the army and Okhrana (secret police) to maintain control. • Tsar viewed by many as God’s representative on earth – he claimed he had ‘Divine
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smaller amounts. Reliance on foreign loans also meant closing on less risky domestic sources of revenue. With no emphasis on modernisation of farming, credit or technology, the sector began to sink. This, coupled with lack of any kind of security for the peasants, led to fomenting unrest among them. State monopoly on liquor embittered peasants and the growing ranks of the urban poor and cast a long moral shadow since Russia's official cultural, social, and religious institutions formally opposed
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essay How far was the Communist government of Lenin from 1917 - 1921 a government of the people? Communism first occurred in Russia in 1917 due to Karl Marx’s vision of communism which was for the government could decide how much is made and what things in the country cost, everyone will be equal, education will be free to all, everyone will own everything(there will no longer be private property and farms will be collective ownership so will everything else, no more religion they believed
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Joan of Arc also known as The "Maid of Orleans" was a typical peasant girl that was born in a small village of Domremy, in North-East France. Joan of Arc's brave actions earned her a place in French history as a heroine and a saint of Roman Catholic Church. Unlike most women Joan was ahead of her times, she wanted to serve in The military as well as wear Mens clothing. This was due to Joan's belief that women were equal to men and were fully capable of doing the same things that men did. However
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short period of time, to catch up with the world leading powers, which were essentially Britain and the United States at the time. Stalin strongly believed that it was necessary to go to any lengths, which would soon include killing off thousands of peasants, to reverse the backwards economy of the time, to eventually overtake that of other countries. As the economy of Russia at the time, was in quite a terrible state. He believed he could do this by heavily focusing on agriculture and industry, to
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