However after Karakazov attempts to assassinate the Tsar in 1866, he becomes much more autocratic, revealing that he had no intention of significantly developing politics, his use of the Zemstvas were in fact to help sustain autocracy, through making local administration more efficient. It can be suggested from this that Alexander II had put the Zemstva Act in place to appease the nobles angered by the Emancipation Act. Alexander III was much more of a successful autocrat. His reactionary attitude led to the reversal of many of his father’s liberal reforms, and was in some cases angered by them. Alexander III re-implements Tsarist form, through the use of repression and terror.
So therefore Trotsky stayed in the south of Russia. It looked like Trotsky did not care for Lenin’s funeral and Trotsky lost his reputation and political power. Stalin attended and showed his best side to gain Lenin’s supporters and the other colleagues of the party’s trust. He even carried the coffin and held a speech talking about Leninism. This gave Stalin a most important comeback and it was only the beginning of Stalin’s quest for the power of Russia.
The Tsar was desperate to get Russia back in control so in December the Tsar’s loyal army was used to demolish what was left of the working class strikers. This sent many of the revolutionaries in to exile. This restored order once again in the cities. What was a general
One major aspect that contributed to the Tsarist governments path towards the March Revolution is the decisions that we made by Tsar Nicholas II during WWI. The decisions that Tsar Nicholas II made during WWI made a huge impact towards the March Revolution. His distance as a leader is one trait that came to the surface during this time and heavily contributed to his downfall. The Tsar would avoid any aspect of political landscape that he didn’t like or that he found offensively modern. Just a few examples of things he would avoid are the left, public opinion, industry, the press and unions.
Goverments that attempted to control thoughts and actions of their people. Throught history there have benn many governments that have attempted to control the thoughts anbd and actions of their people. Peter the great in Russia and Mao Zedong in China are just two leaderds who have treied to incluuence their people and had a major impact on society and the world. Peter the great: Peter the great lived during the period 1672-1725 and was the tsar of Russia from 1682 to 1725. He was a leading figure in bringing drastic changes in Russia from the old medieval life to that of a leading power in Eastern Europe.
Tsar Alexander III’s reforms were reverse ‘reaction’ of what his father, Alexander II, did before him to improve the country he ruled over. Repressive policies under Nicholas II were continued right up until early 1905 when Bloody Sunday took place outside Winter Palace and hundreds of Russian citizens were massacred by the Cossacks. It appears that there was extremely little, if any, political reform during 1881-1905. Political reform after 1905 began to rise. A clear turning point for politics in Russia was the publishing of the October Manifesto.
Political and social unrest increased however, with the revolutionary Bolsheviks gaining widespread support. During the July Offensive, the Russian Army was soundly defeated by the German and Austro-Hungarians, leading to the collapse of the Eastern Front. The Russian Army was on the verge of mutiny and most soldiers had deserted the front lines. Kerensky's government was overthrown in October 1917, and the Bolsheviks assumed power. The Russian Civil War began in the wake of the collapse of the provisional government.
From 1800 to 1950, there was much change within the Russian government. The political policies and beliefs of Nicolas I, Alexander II, Alexander III, and Nicolas II were in a constant fluctuation a short period of time. Nicolas I and Alexander III were the leaders who were against reform and enforced extreme Communist ways upon Russia while Alexander II and Nicolas II were the ones who wanted reform. There was another major change in Russia’s government due to the shift from Lenin to Stalin. Lenin was a triumphant ruler who was the mastermind behind many good things that came out of Russia.
The Fall of Constantinople marked the end of the Byzantine Empire, an empire which had lasted for over 1,100 years. The conquering of Constantinople allowed the Ottoman Empire to rise up as one of the longest-running modern empires in history. Mehmed II of the Ottoman Turks also known as "The Conqueror" was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1444 to 1446, and later from 1451 to 1481. He got the name "Conqueror" after the conquest of Istanbul in 1453. In 1451 he devoted himself to strengthening the Ottoman navy, and in the same year made preparations for the taking of Constantinople.
Russia was determined to not set up a new system by which the government were modernized and autocratic in which this stopped Russia from industrialising. Despite there being some reform in Tsarist Russia in 1880, this was limited due to the Tsar's unwillingness to share power and other factors such as the geography of Russia, Russia's social structure and the unwillingness of the Tsarist system to share power meant that modernisation and reform was difficult. Geography of Russia Russia has always been the world's largest nation since the expansion of Muscovy and the days of Ivan IV, the first 'Tsar of All the Russians'. Russia is presently the largest country in the world at 17,000,000 square miles which give its colossal potential