Belonged to the top
aristocratic society
of Georgia.
Had reform plans.
Michael II, Mikhail Alexandrovitch Romanov
Killed by Bolshevik functionaries to
end the Romanovs
Vladamir Lenin
A Russian communist revolutionary
Played a senior
role in the October
Revolution in 1917
The leader of the
Russian Soviet
Federative Socialist
Republic
Joseph Stalin
Obtained power following the death
of Vladimir Lenin
Tsarism
A title used to designate certain European Slavic monarchs or
supreme rulers.
This vast,
diverse Empire
was ruled by a
series of Tsars.
The Tsar, and
only the Tsar,
governed
Russia
Freedom of speech was
strictly censored
All books and newspapers in Russia
were censored so that people would
not be influenced by liberal or socialist
ideas.
Towards the end a short-lived revolution caused the Tsar to lose
control of large areas of Russia. Although the revolution failed, it
served as a serious warning of what might happen in the future.
Geography
Russia is a very
large country
It includes different
climates as part of
Russia is in the arctic
circle.
Could make it difficult to rule.
Different continents.
Meaning different ethnicities.
Has lost smaller parts of
its empire
Like Latvia and Estonia.
People
Different
ethnicities e.g
Russian
Tatar
Ukranian
Bashkir
Chuvash
Different types of people
Peasants
Landed and landless farmers
Working Class
Workers, artisans, soldiers, sailors
Middle Class
Merchants, bureaucrats, professionals.
Upper Class
Royalty, nobility, higher clergy
Divided in similar ways.
Upper class middle class etc.
Society
Late 19th century
Strongly hierarchical
Russia’s social
structure was often
depicted and
lampooned in visual
propaganda.
Problems
Russia was slipping behind European production levels
Russia had serious political problems.
"The bureaucracy was meant to have been an area of major reform, however now it was posing a social and
slight political problem. "
People in civil service were looking out for
themselves and had no interest in helping
the Tsar
"The absence of an effective banking system meant Russia
was unable to raise a large amount of capital to fund
entrepreneurs."