Rasputin's Effects on the Tsar
The Tsar of Russia was in a bad position. His country was going
downhill, as the Army was losing all of its battles and everybody was
starving. The Tsar was also very isolated from his country, and knew
nothing about his people or how to run it. In 1904, his German wife
blessed him with a son, Alexis. Unfortunately, Alexis was a
haemophiliac, and it was impossible for him to have a normal
childhood. The royal family tried many ways to cure Alexis, but no
doctors could help. In 1905, a visit to the Emperial Palace changed
everything. Alexis was visited by a peasant holy man, Rasputin. The
monk prayed for Alexis, and miraculously, Alexis recovered overnight.
Several people thought that it happened because Rasputin loved and
honoured the Tsar, but some sceptics believe that Rasputin did not
have any real powers, and was just a fraud.
Rasputin was a jumped-up monk from Siberia. His real name was Gregory
Efimovitch, but he picked up the nickname Rasputin, which meant 'the
disreputable one', and it certainly suited him. He led an intriguing
lifestyle, which was filled with women and alcohol. He was well known
for being wild and always enjoying himself. He was thought of as a
holy man, as he spent much of his time studying his religion. He found
nature fascinating on his way to enlightenment, and is most famous for
his apparent healing powers and power to predict the future. He did
this by praying, and he often helped. The healing worked, and the
predictions did come true on several occasions.
As Rasputin seemed to be the only one who could treat Alexis, he
became a very intimate friend to the Tsar and his family. He was their
link to the outside world, therefore he often helped make decisions
about running Russia. But was he really responsible for the collapse
of Tsarism, or was he just the Tsar's scapegoat? I am going to discuss
these two arguments so that it is possible for me to decide which
He was not popular with those who supported the Tsar because he made him look like a “weak autocrat unable to control his wife or hold onto his moral and political authority.” This weak, inept image of the Tsar created by Rasputin is supported by one of his ministers stating that “he did not like to send Rasputin away, for if Alexei died, in the eyes of the mother, he would have been the murderer of his own son.” This shows how great an impact Rasputin had over the Tsar and the
While the tsar was off defending the country, a strange 'monk' named Rasputin made his way into governmental affairs. Because of his ability to ease the pain of the tsar's sick young prince, Alexandra gave him great political control in the affairs of state. Rasputin had dismissed twenty-one ministers and replaced them with men of great incompetence.
I can use this source in my research project to defend why Czar Nicholas II is innocent to the abuse of power of the office of Czar.It reveales to me that even thouch Nicholas struggled with being the new Czar he truly did a lot for Russia to improve in learning abilities.Above all else, Nicholas loved Russia first and then his family; He thought the fate of the two was inseparable. No one knew the fault of the Romanov Dynasty better than him. Czar Nicholas sincerely felt his responsibility for the country, He thought that his destiny was within the country he ruled. I think it was really difficult for him but it was the only way to admit his mistakes and to say "sorry" to his people.
Rasputin’s loyalty to the czar and his family made him “immune” to the attempts of exile from Russia (DISCovering). Aleksey Nickolayevich was a hemophiliac (Rasputin). On one certain occasion, doctors were called in to check on the young heir. After nothing seemed to help, “Grigory Rasputin, who was reported to have miraculous powers of faith healing, was brought to Alexandra” (Massie 259). Rasputin didn’t cure Aleksey of hemophilia, but his ability to control the symptoms was “indisputable” (Fuhrmann 26). “In December 1916, a group of conservative aristocrats laced Rasputin’s wine with potassium cyanide at a soiree in the Yousoupov Palace” (DISCovering). The poison wasn’t strong enough to kill Rasputin. He was shot once, “lurched” at his attackers and they shot him again (DISCovering).
Grigory Rasputin was born into a Russian Orthodox family and grew up in a mainly Russian Orthodox town named Pokrovskoye, Siberia. In the late 1890’s Rasputin went on a religious journey to the Verkhoturye Monastery in Siberia. At Verkhoturye Monastery, Rasputin was introduced to a fellow Russian monk who greatly influenced Rasputin’s ways and convinced Rasputin to stop drinking, smoking, and stop his carnivorous habits. After his visit to the monastery, Rasputin was officially considered a strannik, which is a Russian religious pilgrim. After returning home from Verkhoturye, Rasputin was noticed by his fellow peers and family as a changed man with holy and or mystical powers. Around 1898, Rasputin claimed to see Our Lady of Kazan (also called the Theotokos of Kazan) who is the Russian Orthodox version of the Virgin Mary whom is supposed to protect the city of Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. Rasputin had supposedly witnessed a theophany of the Virgin Mary as the Russian Orthodox Church views the Virgin Mary as a holy being. After seeing Our Lady of Kazan, Rasputin then began his journey of religious mysticism.
In mid-19th century Russia, an oppressive rule is a result of the Romanov monarchy and this in... ... middle of paper ... ... ition to being important in portraying Raskolnikov's changing personality. By making such dissimilarity between the two ways that the two characters affect Raskolnikov, we are able to see his downfall and subsequent rise much more clearly.
Botkin. Fleming chose to focus on these people during the duration of the book due to the impact they had on the story. Rasputin, a man who was thought to be a starets, a man of God, mooched his way into the family’s lives by convincing them he could heal Alexei. He controlled the family and convinced Nicholas to fire many trained and certified officials simply because they did not like Rasputin. This caused the start of the rebellion against the Tsar and the people of Russia: “And Rasputin had lots of advice - especially about Nicholas’s ministers. The starets felt threatened by these powerful men, most of whom hated him” (Fleming 148). Gilliard and Gibbes were tutors of the children. They were mentors and saw the daily lives of the children. Gilliard and Gibbes followed the family to every house until they were forced to leave by the rebellion leaders. Dr. Botkin, the family doctor, helped Alexei with his illness and died with the family. He was persistent about staying with the family through the end, and he did. Botkin helped ease Alexei’s and Alexandra’s pain as much as he could. The seven members of the royal family are the main focal point in the story. Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra, the rulers of Imperial Russia, went through hardship after
It was Tzar Nicholas 2 political naivete and extreme obstinance that led to the downfall of the Russia
The Similarities of Tsarist and Communist Rule in Russia Both forms of government did depend on high degree of central control. However, some Tsars and Stalin exerted more central controls than others. Stalin’s stronger use of central control created differences between the two forms of government. The Tsars used different levels of central control.
Introduced as holy man capable of cures, the Mad Monk Grigori Rasputin first arrived in the capital St. ...
The View that the Main Cause of the Collapse of Tsarist Rule was the Tsar's Supporters Lost Faith in the Regime
the damage that the Tsar had done to the country. This was a huge task
There is not one honest man," this shows that Rasputin was an inadequate advisor and could not control state affairs well. His new advisors were inefficient and lacked the skills required to stabilise Russia, so this proves that Rasputin brought instability to Russia. Stolypin was more successful in bringing political stability; yet, Rasputin did bring a small amount of stability; this was because he was associated with religion, so inevitably would be able to influence some people. The political stability and instability had a major impact on preserving the Tsar's po... ...
She would also boost the Tsar’s confidence by encouraging him and complimenting traits he didn’t possess, none of which aided him in being a more successful leader. The Tsarina also convinced Nicholas that Rasputin was a strong asset, and now both the Tsar and Tsarina
The government and reform; the actual character of Nicholas II hindered his time in office, for example his outlooks on situations meant he did not trust a lot of his advisors, he was also seen to have been very lazy with respects to making decisions, other observations included him being, weak, timid and lacked guts. This all adds up to a very weak leader that is vulnerable to opposition, due to his tunnel vision and un-ability to see the main needs of the country. The duma was another challenge to the tsar; after the 1905 revolution the tsar had set up an elected body called the duma, this was a way of showing the public that he could be open minded in that delegating decisions to other people, looking back in hindsight this would also be seen as a challenge to the tsar as he never gave the duma any real power, and were easily dissolved, this meant that people were further angered and he was receiving opposition from all sides, it did however hold off opposition for a small period of time in order for the tsar to retain his power. Other individuals had an influence to the challenges facing the tsar, Nicholas had brought some new people in to try and conquer some problems, these included Rasputin who he had originally appointed to become saviour of family, he managed to influence the tsar in many of his decisions, this inevitably caused there to be conflict as the he was relying on Rasputin to relay details of the state of the country, these were not accurate which meant that tsar could not act upon opposition. Other people did help the tsar for example stolypin and his reforms.