Farmer Jones neglects his animals and rarely cares about Manor Farm‚ but his animals are ones who do something about it. They join together‚ plotting and planning a revolution. The animals have victory‚ but eventually fall back under a power hungry ruler‚ so was it even worth the rebellion? George Orwell‚ the author of Animal Farm expertly connects the irresponsible Farmer Jones to the real-life Czar Nicholas II of Russia who was also overthrown by those he controlled. Nicholas II was the last
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often changed themselves. Czar Nicholas II is an example of an individual who helped spark World War I. However‚ more notably‚ he is also an example of how the war affected him in ways much larger than the way he impacted it. Czar Nicholas II‚ also known as Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov‚ was born on 18 May 1868. Czar Alexander III‚ Nicholas’s father‚ died with kidney diseased at the age of 49‚ and Nicholas II “succeeded his father in 1894” (NicholasII BBC). Czar Nicholas II was neither trained nor
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political‚ and social systems after the fall of a government were the collapse of Czar Nicholas II’s government‚ which led to the creation of the U.S.S.R‚ and the fall of Reza Pahlavi’s government‚ which led to the creation of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Both had certain historical circumstances that led to their collapse‚ and many different changes that occurred as a result of the collapse. When Czar Nicholas II came into power in 1894‚ he continued the autocratic rule that Russia had in place
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Czar Nicholas II was at the front in February 1917‚ rallying his troops in World War I‚ when word arrived of a strike in Petrograd. (Russia’s capital city‚ St. Petersburg‚ was renamed Petrograd in 1914.) The czar’s aides in Petrograd assured him that the incident was minor and would end when the bitterly cold weather sent the protestors home. Instead‚ the strike spread‚ filling the streets with thousands of angry men and women. The Duma‚ Russia’s legislature‚ wrote to the czar that the situation
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Nicholas II research: Source 1: “The daily work of a monarch he found intolerably boring. He could not stand listening long or seriously to ministers’ reports‚ or reading them.” Written by Kerensky in 1934. Kerensky was the leader of the government which took over when the Tsar abdicated in 1917. Source 3: “Nicholas II was not fit to run a village post office.” Said by an unknown cabinet minister Source 4: “He never had an opinion of his own … always agreeing with the judgement of the last person
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Anonymos 21/03/13 Nicholas II of Russia Nicholas II was born the 18th of May‚ 1869 in Saint Petersburg. He was christened his imperial highness Nicholas Aleksandrovitch Romanov‚ Grand Duke of Russia. When Nicholas was a child‚ he wasn’t as bright as his younger brothers‚ which made his dad view Nicholas as a shy child‚ not "man enough" to become emperor of Russia. He never wanted to be the Czar of Russia‚ and his parents did not teach him enough for him to be ruler‚ he was much more of a family
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Nicholas II was the last tsar of Russia. He was deposed during the Russian Revolution and executed by the Bolsheviks. Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov was born near St Petersburg on 18 May 1868‚ the eldest son of Tsar Alexander III. When he succeeded his father in 1894‚ he had very little experience of government. In the same year‚ Nicholas married Princess Alexandra of Hesse-Darmstadt (a duchy in Germany). They had four daughters and a son‚ Alexis‚ who suffered from the disease haemophilia. Alexandra
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In 1894‚ at the age of 26‚ Nicholas II became Tsar of Russia as a result of his father‚ Alexander III’s‚ passing away. When he acquired the throne he cried because he wasn’t ready to be king. Spoken by Nicholas himself‚ he said‚ “I am not yet ready to be Tsar. I know nothing of the business of ruling” (Lieven‚ 1993). However‚ ascending the throne was something that Nicholas had to do with no other choice in the matter. Before Nicholas became Tsar the people of Russia already disliked the Romanov
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Notes: Tsar Nicholas II ruled Russia from 1894 till 1917 when he abdicated following the revolution in March 1917. Nicholas II inherited Russia when it was in a very bad state‚ and although there were minor improvements during his reign‚ compared to many other countries it was very backward‚ perhaps then it was almost defiantly inevitable that sudden change was going to happen‚ however not necessarily in the form of revolution. The Tsar was in a difficult situation‚ but he had opportunities to end
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Nicholas II abdicated the throne in 1917 up until then‚ the Russian Royal family had ruled for over three hundred years. Throughout this period‚ they faced many problems and uneasy predicaments‚ a lot of these centering on Nicholas II as Tsar. A combination of long and short-term problems led to the decline and eventual fall of the Romanov dynasty. Tsar Nicholas II ignored these issues‚ staying true to his coronation vow to uphold Autocracy‚ and therefore played a critical role in the plummet of
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