Essays on Russia

How successfully did the Tsarist regime deal with the difficulties of ruling Russia between 1906 and 1914? Ruling Russia between 1906 and 1914 was very difficult: the government was not democratic, peasants and workers were extremely angry because of the living conditions in the countryside and the cities, and political opposition to the Tsar was…

It had been a major part in the revolution over the last 50 years and mainstay in the armies of more Han 50 countries. The war was fought between the US along with UK against the soviets whose major weaponry at that time was the AK 47 rifle. The US along with UK lost the…

In 1900 the Russia Empire covered nearly 23 million square kilometres. Only a quarter of it was in Europe and the rest in Asia. The majority of the 128 million population were Slavs, but there were over 200 different nationalities. Several of these groups wanted regional autonomy and this was the cause of a constant…

LENIN (Ulyanov) Vladimir Ilyich (also used other pseudonyms such as V. Ilyin, K. Tulin, Karpov and others). Born: 10th (22nd) April 1870 in Simbirsk (now Ulyanovsk). Organizer of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and founder of the Soviet state, he continued the revolutionary teaching of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Born in the…

When the Soviet Union fell in 1991, due to many pressures both internal and external, the ex-soviet satellites were given their independence, much to Russia’s dismay. A new trend towards sovereignty made it difficult for the largest country in the world to deny it’s former members the right to separate. However, even with the creation…

To what extent was Stolypin effective in stabilising Russia between 1906 and 1911? The period previous to 1906 was one of great instability in Russia, 1905 saw a failed revolution after long term tensions. Stolypin was effective yet ruthless in his peasant control in the 1905 revolution and due to this he soon became chairman…

In December of 1991, the Soviet Union disintegrated into 15 separate states. Its prostration was hailed by the West as a triumph for freedom, a victory of democracy over dictatorship, and grounds of the high quality of capitalist economy over socialism. It was a alleviation for many to watch the Soviet Union brake down, eventually…

Indo-Russian dealingss refer to the bilateral dealingss between the Republic of India and the Russian Federation. During the Cold War. India and the Soviet Union ( USSR ) enjoyed a strong strategic. military. economic and diplomatic relationship. After the prostration of the USSR. Russia inherited the stopping point relationship with India. even as India improved…

Vladimir Ilich Lenin was born on May 4, 1870. In school, he was very bright, and enjoyed reading and writings of Goethe and Turgenev. Lenin’s father died of a cerebral hemorrhage and his brother was hung for plotting to assassinate Tsar Alexander III. Lenin was finally accepted to the Kazan University where he studied law….

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the citizens of new nations found themselves suddenly pushed into a new era. Once they had relied on the Soviet system of socialism and central planning to dictate every aspect of the lives. Then in the post-Soviet era, their newfound independence forced them to face an obstacle of…