Essays on Russia

As Tolstoy states in one of his letters, the death of Ivan is a description of an ordinary man and his simple death in his own eyes. Tolstoy questions his life through Ivan and assists the readers to question our life. He reflects the concessions…

 Tsar Nicholas was very significant for Russia because of his influence and impact on Russian society, economy, and military, as well as the long-term and short-term effects of his political decisions. Due to his ignorant and poorly thought out decisions, Russia entered a period in…

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Joseph Stalin was a feared dictator of Russia, who rose to power at the expense of others. He wasn’t always a ruthless Russian dictator. He was just like any other kid but didn’t go to school, but he did some terrible deeds in his life….

Political Situation in Russia pre Stalin During the Romanov Dynasty, a few years prior, Russia was slow to industrialize and did not make much progress because Tsar Nicholas II, nobles, and priests did not solve any economic, social, or political problems (Ellis and Esler 375)….

Peter’s social reform was the attempt to reorganise Russia’s class system. The establishment of the Table of Ranks ‘promised ennoblement to any commoner who attained a sufficiently high level of rank’, essentially intending to rid Russia of corruption and to encourage state service. Although initially…

One would wonder, what is a hero? A hero is best defined as a ordinary person who rises to greatness based on the incredible talent that person embodies and one man had shown that. Born on August 15, 1769, Napoleon Bonaparte had quickly advanced through…

Essential to determining whether political ideologies led to the end of Tsardom is to define what one is. A political ideology is ambiguous in its very nature as it can be tailored to fit the individuals ideal of political ideology, an individual can also draw…

Throughout Russia’s political history, there have been many dramatic efforts to bring about change to its authoritarian-like system. Most policies were usually adopted or introduced but had little to no success and regarding the past patterns of politics in Russia, it would seem as if…

Stalin in World War 2 Winston Churchill provokes Russia: “Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma” It was September 1939 World War 2 just started and the Soviet Union was one of the best powers in the world. At first it…

Gemstone and diamonds auctions make headlines each time with new prices. Diamonds are not just becoming so popular. People are investing in other stones such as rubies, sapphires and Alexandrite. Alexandrite is one of the colour changing stone which has amazing colour features where one…

The traditional thinking on Tsarism is of power hungry monarchs who sought to increase their own personal standing. Whilst the period following the Enlightenment saw an insurmountable amount of pressure placed on Tsarist Russia to reform, reformative thought is widely considered to only be apparent…

Russia in the late nineteenth century was more of a patriarchal society which men treated women very poorly and held only occupied all top positions of power both sociality and economically. During this time in Russia, the peasant’s society the men were the head of…

The Soviet Union was a communist country with a totalitarian regime that existed from 1917 until 1991. The official name was The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.). The country stretched from the Baltic and Black Seas to the Pacific Ocean. In its final years…

Boris Yeltsin, the first democratically elected president of post-Soviet Russia in 1990,strove to serve Russia’s national interestsbyenforcing his pro-Western ideas. On the other hand, Vladimir Putin, Yeltsin’s successor in 2000,reinforced traditional ideas and was much more passionate about the current situation in Russian society and…