Rasputin and Russian History

Rasputin and Russian History Rasputin had such an influence over the Tsar and Tsaritsa because the

Tsarevich suffered from haemophilia. The only person who seemed able

of helping him whilst in pain was Rasputin , he came to have much

influence over the royal family-especially the Tsaristsa. In a way he

was a puppet master, as the cartoon drawing shows the Tsar and

Tsaritsa as puppets in Rasputin's hands as seen in A2

The people who lived in the countryside had poor living standards,

their houses were built of wood, a big, white washed brick stove is in

the middle of a room, on the stove the older people sleep in winter,

also there is a rough table and a few chairs, and a child's bed

hanging from the ceiling, possibly because of rats. The people who

lived in the towns also had poor standards, the apartment was damp and

dirty, in two rooms it is dark, and the ceiling is very low, the

plaster walls were crumbling, holes for cockroaches and bugs, this

makes the place cold. Source A5 shows us that there was 70.5% of

peasantry, 10.0% of the middle class, 8.0% workers, 2.0% nobility and

0.5% priests. Peasantry people had no ability to vote.

I think the authorities were afraid that the workers would get too

much power and they then just fired due to the fear that overwhelmed

them. I think that Kerensky called it "an historic error", because it

was supposed to be an historic occasion, but there was a massive error

It had a great and massive impact because his political opponents came

to distrust him after the cartoon that had a picture of the Tsar,

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...The mistake made by the Provisional Government to continue fighting in

World War 1, especially Russia failed to win any battles, due to the

reason they had no weapons. Lenin promised to end the war. This

promise was supported by many and also earned the Bolsheviks many

supporters, especially amongst the Russian soldiers.

The leadership of Lenin, his fanaticism, he was certain that his

political beliefs were right, his determination to stage the revolt

after the defeat of Kornelov despite the opposition of fellow

Bolsheviks.Trotsky who was another leading Bolshevik, he organised the

Red Guard which was very important, because it seized key buildings in

Petrograd.

The Bolsheviks support amongst workers in Petrograd, the soldiers in

the Russian army and the peasants in the countryside for a better

quality of life.