In 1904, Aleksei Nikolayevich, heir to the Russian throne, was born (Rosenberg 1). Sadly, Aleksei was born with “The Royal Disease,” hemophilia. If not cured, he was expected to die. After consulting many mystics and holy men, results were finally found through Gregory Rasputin, a Siberian peasant (Rosenberg 1). Rasputin became the closest advisor to the tsarina, Alexandra Feodorovna; however, he was rejected by most of society. Gregory Efimovich Rasputin was born around 1869, in Siberia, Russia ("Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin" 1). He was born into a peasant home and received very little education (Rosenberg 1). At the age of eighteen, Rasputin attended the Verkhoturye Monastery. He stayed at the monastery for three months and during that time he claimed to have undergone a religious transformation. Rasputin began to refer to himself as a holy man, who could predict the future and had the power to heal people. Although he thought of himself as a holy man, others referred to him as the “Mad Monk.” He became a strannik (Russian for “wanderer”)(Rosenberg 1). Rasputin traveled to the Middle East, Greece, and possibly the Holy Land as well ("Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin" 1). He lived off of donations and money earned from fortune telling (Simkin 1). Rasputin married Proskovia Fyodorovna and they had three children (Rosenberg 1). Rasputin also had another child but not with his wife (Simkin 1). In 1908, Aleksei experienced another bleeding episode. Rasputin, through the Bishop of Saratov, was introduced to Tsar Nicholas II. The bishop wanted Rasputin to try to heal Aleksei (Simkin 1). Many other healers were summoned to the royal palace. A multitude of people attempted to heal young Aleksei, but only Rasputin was able to stop the bleedi... ... middle of paper ... ...gory Rasputin had a major influence on Russia and the royal family. He healed the royal heir of hemophilia. Rasputin became the closest advisor of the tsarina. He was criticized by all of Russia. Rasputin began to hold back the Russian empire and was eventually murdered. (word count: 906) Works Cited "Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin." 2014. The Biography Channel website. Apr 05 2014, Rosenberg, Jennifer. "Murder of Rasputin." History1900s.about.com. About.com, 2014. Web. 5 Apr. 2014. Simkin, John. "Gregory Rasputin." Spartacus Educational. Spartacus Educational, Sept. 1997. Web. 8 Apr. 2014. "Rasputin." Historywiz.com. HistoryWiz, 1998-2008. Web. 8 Apr. 2014. Duffy, Michael. "Who's Who- Grigory Rasputin." Firstworldwar.com. Michael Duffy, 22 Aug. 2009. Web. 8 Apr. 2014. "Gregory Efimovich - Rasputin." Gregory Rasputin Russian Monk. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Apr. 2014.
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
Catherine the Great one of Russians most notorious leaders never once struggled to give Russia the edge it so hoped for. She considered herself to be an enlightened leader and attempted to rule in that fashion. Her reforms transformed Russia into a strong nation for their time. She’s remembered as the greatest reformers of Russia, she continued to westernize Russia, widened the borders, and strengthened the education system.
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.
The Romanov Empire had reign the Russian Empire for about 300 years before Nicholas II became the monarch. Unfortunately, the new Tsar of Russia was also advised by Konstantin Pobedonostsev, who promoted autocracy, condemned elections, representation and democracy, the jury system, the press, free education, charities, and social reforms; an outdated ideology by the turn of the twentieth century. Although Nicholas II possessed some skills that would have been advantageous as the leader but, overall he was not suitable to be the Tsar of Russia. Even though Czar Nicholas II implemented limited reform that were beneficial for the empire; there were more fiascos during his reign thus lies the collapse of the Romanov Empire on his political skill,
Grigory Yefimovich Novykh was born on January 23, 1871, in Tobolsk, Russia (DISCovering). “He earned the name Rasputin which is Russian for ‘debauched one’” (Rasputin). “Grigory Rasputin was born in western Siberia, in the town of Pokrovskoe,”says another source (Fuhrmann 1). The name “Grigory” indicates Rasputin may have been born on January 10, the day dedicated to St. Grigory of Nicea (Fuhrmann 1). Although the actual date and place of birth cannot be determined, one fact is known for certain: Rasputin had an influence over the health of the young Aleksey Nickolayovich, “hemophiliac heir to the Russian throne” (Rasputin). Grigory had been against war, but was recognized for his drunkeness (Radzinsky 271). Before Rasputin got his job with the Russian family, he lived off donations from peasants because of his claim of being a “self- proclaimed holy man” (Rasputin).
The brutal attacks by Russian soldiers can also be likened to Nicholas I’s suppression of dissent in the rest of the Russian empire, particularly political dissent. When he was deciding on the public punishment of a...
Peter I and Catherine II provided Russia with both successes and failures, advancements and setbacks. The Russian tsars were very much involved in each area of political, social,
Hemophilia later developed a reputation as the "royal disease" because it passed from Queen Victoria of England to her descendants throughout the royal houses of Europe. About eighty percent of all cases of hemophilia have an identifiable family history of the disease; in other instances, it may be attributable to a spontaneous mutation. Researchers recently discovered that the spontaneous mutation of the factor VIII gene in two children was due to the attachment of a foreign "jumping gene" that disrupted the blood-clotting ability of the factor VIII gene. Inheritance is controlled by a recessive sex-linked factor carried by the mother on the X chromosome. A probability of one in two exists that each boy born to a normal male and a carrier female will be hemophiliac and the same chance that each girl of this union will be a carrier.
In conclusion, Ivan the Terrible has impacted the world through his conquest and expansion of land, building of the St. Basil Cathedral, his influence in Joseph Stalin, and his strong political structure he set up. Ivan was a rutheless ruler that made some incredible advancements to modernize Russia, some that still are influential today. He was a major part in turning Russia from a medevial nation state into the beginnings of the Russian Empire.
While living in St. Petersburg, Raskolnikov adopted several of the many new ideas running through the intellectual circles of the time. He even published an article on one in particular. These ideas opened a rift in Raskolnikov himself.
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.
Lenin had a very successful short life, he had succeeded where his brother had failed. On the night of July 16th Czar Nicholas ll and his family were awakened and told to get dressed immediately because the enemy was closing in. They, where rushed to a basement were a firing
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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.