Russian Revolution, two revolutions in 1917, the first of which, in February (March, New Style), overthrew the imperial government and the second of which, in October (November), placed the Bolsheviks in power, leading to the creation of the Soviet Union
Bolshevik Revolution Russian Civil War Sources Photo Galleries The Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the most explosive political events of the 20th century. The violent revolution marked the end of the Romanov dynasty and centuries of Russian Imperial rule. Economic hardship, food shortages ...
Russian Revolution of 1905, uprising that was instrumental in convincing Tsar Nicholas II to attempt the transformation of the Russian government from an autocracy into a constitutional monarchy. For several years before 1905 and especially after the hum
Russia became like this by making a choice. An influx of professional civil servants produced the Great Reforms of the 1860s, to strengthen the state through western reform after theCrimean War. This included ‘freeing’ the serfs (of a sort) and in 1864 created zemstvos, local assemblies in...
World War I began in 1914, after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and lasted until 1918. During the conflict, Germany, Austria‑Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (the Central Powers) fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, It
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The Rise of the Russian Democrats: The Causes and Consequences of the Elite Revolution. Aldershot, Hants, UK: Edward Elgar, 1995. x, 294 pp. Nicolai N. Petro. The Rebirth of Russian Democracv: An Interpretation of Political Culture. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1995. ix, 226...
Merciful father, impersonal state: Russian autocracy in comparative perspective. Opinion. Discusses autocracy in Russia from a comparative perspective. Results of previous comparative analyses of Russia; Information on the Kievan Golden... Kivelson,Valerie - 《Modern Asian Studies》 被引量: 2发表: 1997...
Of all the crises that affect us, the most damaging is that of the medical sector. It is the poor, the old and the sick, who are not able to meet the prohibitive costs of private health services, who are the most affected. Pictures of elders turned away from empty clinics by sudden ...
Importance is first given to the legacy of the Soviet Union and its ethno-federalist structure, and then the analysis moves to examine demographic conditions, historical grievances and discriminatory policies, the role of ethnicity, state disintegration, and finally the role of the Russi...