Essays on Russian Empire

In spite of the fact that World War I happened more than one hundred years ago, there are still many unanswered questions and a lot of controversy around it. The war started after assassination of the duke of Austria-Hungary Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist, and shortly after the conflict between the two states, many other countries, including their colonies, were involved. However, many rulers were assassinated throughout history, and not every time such a huge conflict took place. In the case of World War I, tension had been growing for a long time before the explosion. With that said, ...

Throughout the course of modern history, numerous events have revolved around the Middle East, affecting the cultural perspectives of the people living there. For instance, the Russian invasion of Afghanistan and the subsequent political maneuvering by Western/Arab nations spawned decades of bloodshed in the region, destroying both an entire generation of people and the viability of a nation. The creation of Israel in 1948 created a massive power shift in the region, as the Arab nations attempted to retake the territory but were soundly defeated, and again in 1967. The Second World War engulfed the North African Muslim countries, ...

Throughout the course of history of the Russian state and Russian empire, it was marked by terror and numerous executions. Part four of the documentary film "Russia, Land of the Tsars" depicts the Tsarist-era of free hand and absolute power of Ivan the Terrible, that was the time when no one had the right to question the Ivan's dark disorder and the representatives of opposition had to pay with their lands and their lives. After the Time of Troubles, otherwise referred to as Russian Smutnoye Vremya, Russia defended its independence and entered a new stage of its development. In ...

What different paths to freedom and equality did Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X offer to Black Americans? Why did each of them believe that their respective path would be long and dangerous The backbone of Martin Luther King’s ideology was the principle of non-violence. The idea of non-violent resistance is was not brand new at the moment when M.L.King addressed it in his rebellious policy. The ideology of non-violence had already been preached by an outstanding Indian human and national rights activist Mahatma Gandhi. The non-violent rebellion proved very effective in India when fighting English colonialism ...

Long before the imperial manifesto and later the fundamental laws of 1906, Russian Empire was an absolute monarchy. The Russian emperor had supreme powers, and its decisions were final. The emperor was not subjected to any restraint both in the legal process or any set mechanisms that hinder the emperor's power (Dolbilov, 75). Russian autocracy had a strong religious perspective, people viewed the emperor as an embodiment of God on earth hence it was his responsibility to perform Gods will without any limitations from laws, parliament or any government institution. Following 1905 revolution by the Russians as a result ...

The 20th century can undoubtedly be called the most eventful and violent period in the history of mankind: world wars, arms races, the threat of nuclear war, etc. It was a time of enormous transformations and clashes between powerful competing ideologies. The 20th century can be called the heyday of such a political doctrine as communism, the aim of which was the creation of new society based on the abolition of private property, which is the basis for capitalism. At the beginning of 20th century parties, who called themselves the representatives of working class have grown rapidly. Some of ...

Essay for Exam

The success of liberalism is resulted from many different factors. A vast part of Europe overcame revolutions and rebellions in 1848-1849. These actions were swiftly suppressed by the own regular army as in France or with the help of invited Russian army as in the Habsburg’s Empire. The suppression caused dissatisfaction among the population. It was clear that the new legislative measures are needed to hold people and centralize the states. Besides, the system grounded on the aristocratic privileges could not exist anymore. The economic and industrial progress as well as urbanization and capitalism development also played a great ...

The Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was one of the most extensive empires in the history of the world. The Empire encompassed three continents and was only exceeded by the Mongol and the British empires. Prior to the 1905 revolution that led to Russia becoming a constitutional monarchy, the Empire was an absolute monarch. It was an elitist state and remained as such prior to the World War I. The leaders often paid no attention to the public opinion regarding foreign policy. Policies were made on the basis of the evaluation of the leaders. As such, the Russian government operated in accordance with ...

[Subject/Course] [Submission Date] Catherine the Great was a German by birth but, without a doubt, she was one of the greatest rulers of Russia. She possessed an astonishing level of energy that made her capable to conduct wars brilliantly and suppress insurgencies. She had sincere concern for the everyday aspects of governing her kingdom. Not only that, she had an outsized association with devotees throughout the Europe. She was also engaged in writing philosophical treatises, and this aspect of her personality makes her a special intellectual (Blumberg 27). As far as the cultural history of Russia (in particular St. Petersburg) ...

World political arena has already seen and practiced a number of various theories, concepts and ideas of how to build productive economy, set the qualitative state machine, and form happy society. Over the past two hundred years, Europe has changed plenty of political ideologies and views, a lot of political movements and parties have been formed, and every political phenomenon has influenced on the further development of the European countries. Some of them (political phenomena) led to negative or unpredictable consequences; several had a positive effect on the nations and other were roughly distorted or reformed into the new ideologies. And over ...

The essay will discuss the death and burial narratives that associate with Adam, the first human being in the Islamic religious literature called Qisas al-ambiya or Stories of the Biblical prophets (Boeschoten and Vandamme 107). The stories relate to the discursive religious communities that articulate political identities. The author examines the reburials of political figures in Eastern Europe preceding the collapse of Russian Empire. The paper provides an argument concerning Islamic narratives on the death and burial of Biblical figures such as Adam that redefine and reinstitutes boundaries to identify and distinguish Muslims and other religious sects. The paper ...

Hadji Murat is a fictional novel written by a Russian named Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy also known as Leo Tolstoy and was published in 1912 in Russia. It is a story of a young man called Hadji Murat who betrayed by his fellow Caucasian, Shamil, goes to seek the help of the Russian soldiers so as to revenge against Shamil. This quest does not end well for him. The Russian empire functioned under a strict emperor that was guarded by soldiers. They had enemies from Chechens and who were with them. There were a lot of terrorist activities at the time and soldiers were assigned ...

The beginning of the 20th Century was a very exciting time for the entertainment industry. It was a period when the making of films had gained a solid ground. People were awed by this new brand of entertainment where the actions of people could be captured on a device for them to view later. The United States, particularly Hollywood was at the forefront of this industry. It was ahead of other countries when it came to film production and, in fact, most of the first films were made in the 19th Century. However, the rest of the world was not left behind when ...

Introduction

The life and death of Grigori Rasputin has become something of a legend. Its historical significance and truthfulness is not fully authenticated, with some stories embellished or plainly misremembered. There are little facts between the night he disappeared and the day his body was retrieved from the river (King, p. 10). The official police investigation reported a solved murder case even when it was not the real case. Hence, the world is left with Rasputin’s memoirs and the names of his killers, Felix Yusupovand and Vladimir Purishkevich (Trounev, p. 12). As the Soviets came into power, most of the documents ...

When Worlds Collided: The Fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Order

The conquest of Constantinople in 1453 by the Ottoman Turks brought the final curtain down on the Roman epoch, of which the Byzantine Empire was the final, glorious manifestation. When Constantine the Great established the city of Constantinople in 330 A.D., he re-constituted the old Roman order along a new East/West axis. Henceforth, the beleaguered empire would be administered from two capitals, but few could foresee that this arrangement would create a religious and political schism that would make rivals of the two great cities. Gradually, the Byzantines eclipsed Rome by virtue of Constantinople’s mighty walls and the city’s ...

Why was the New Economic Policy introduced?

The early 20th century was a time of tumult for Russia. Tsar Nicholas attempted to expand the Russian Empire and ended up fighting the Japanese in the east, resistance in Finland, and internal rebellion. When the Russian Navy was soundly defeated in the war against Japan, the internal protest and rebellion escalated. On a Bloody Sunday in January of 1905, the Imperial Guard fired demonstrators lead by the priest Georgi Gapon launched revolution of 1905. In May the first Soviet, or council was formed in a textile strike in Ivanove-Voznesenk and the sailors on the battleship Potemkin defected to Romania. Matters calmed ...