England and Russia: Political Problems in the 16th Century

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The Sixteen century was difficult times for both England and Russia; each having

leaders that experienced family violent and obstacles to their rights to the throne. Queen

Elizabeth I (r. 1558-1603), her mother was killed when she was young, and she was

considered illegitimate for the throne. She finally inherited the throne after the bad

leaderships of her cousin Lady Grey, and that of her half-sister Mary I. Her inheritance

was bankrupt and secondary to Spain in Europeans’ affairs. Having a Royal Queen as it

leader, the English had doubts about their future, but Queen Elizabeth proved valiant by

focusing on the interests of her subjects, and the English defense against Spain in the

Spaniard Armada. Like England, the Russian had a Tsar, Ivan IV (r. 1547-1584) who

experienced the death of his father at the age of three. With struggle between the Russian

leading nobility; having different views on crowning the young Prince, Ivan IV was

finally given the crown at the age of sixteen, in 1547.

One of the social changes in England occurred in 1558, when Philip II decided to

invade England due to her interference with the Spanish New World. With a female

leader, the English were cautious, although they had the world best mariners, and

ships maneuverability, yet it was the brilliant mind catching speech (Queen Elizabeth

Armada Speech) that lifted the spirits of her subjects to defeat the Spanish troops. Unlike

Queen Elizabeth defensiveness against England’s enemies, Ivan IV was a ferocious

attacker, who planned and annexed Tatar Khans, Kazan, and Western Siberia. The

Foreign policies exercised by Ivan IV were unsuccessful; he aimed to gain control of ...

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...nterests. Russia was more of the invader type, who went to war against its

neighbors with aim to gain territories for trading and commerce. Europeans advanced

their military knowledge in the Seventeenth century, nation implemented new tactics

against each other to destroy infantry. Demand for social change also started upheavals

around Europe. Lower classes were gaining wealth and wanted to be respected and hear

in public matters. Both England and Russia had some kind of social revolutions, but I can

say it was England that succeeded in meeting the needs of the people compared to Russia

fallen in the hand of Tsar Peter I (the Great), who built an entire new city to isolate his

centralized government from any opposition, and economically England was doing well

than many Europe countries specifically better than that of Russia.

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