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From Russia with Love

From Russia with Love . Nataliya Elena Alexandravich Sandwich Miloslovakia. Serfs (Souls) : Peasants Poor farmers Illiterate Majority of Russia Over 50 million. Serfdom. Technically ended 1868 All land stayed in noble hands Peasants were now landless and cheap laborers or

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From Russia with Love

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  1. FromRussia with Love

  2. Nataliya Elena Alexandravich Sandwich Miloslovakia Serfs (Souls): Peasants Poor farmers Illiterate Majority of Russia Over 50 million

  3. Serfdom Technically ended 1868 All land stayed in noble hands Peasants were now landless and cheap laborers or sharecroppers (halbkörner).

  4. Russia 1900s No mobility: land, income, and station in life remain the same (from birth to death)

  5. Russia 1900s • Missed the Industrial Revolution • Behind the West in technology • Traditional method of doing things • No need for technology with slave labor

  6. Russia 1900s We were burdened. We were unhappy.

  7. Russian Orthodox Church • The church was rich and controlled our souls • The Tsar gave the church many privileges • Demanded we tithe 10% of what we didn’t have • By 1914: • 55,173 churches • 112,629 priests • 550 monasteries • 475 convents • 95,259 monks and nuns

  8. Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia • NikolayAlexandrovich Romanov • Ruled from 1894 –1917 • Николай Александрович Романов • Emperor of Russia • Grand Prince of Finland • King of Poland • Ruled 1/6 the Earth’s landmass • 176.4 million subjects

  9. The Tsar Marries a German! • Tsarina Alexandra (granddaughter of Queen Victoria) • Alexandra FeodorovnaRomanova, Alix of Hesse, “Sunny” • Disliked by Russians (wealthy & poor), cold, curt • Court Society “She didn’t dance or eat correctly” • Became more isolated with each child (especially her sick boy) • Over-bearing mother-in-law

  10. The Family… • Tsarevich (Prince) Alexei Nikolaevich • (Hemophiliac) • Grand Duchesses Grand Duchesses: Olga Tatianna Maria Anastasia

  11. Video: Mystery of the Romanovs

  12. The Winter Palace: 1732-1917 • St Petersburg • Official residence of the Russian Tsars Elizabethan Baroque style architecture 1,786 doors, 1,945 windows, 1,500 rooms and 117 staircases.

  13. PimpMy Palace: 1732-1917 • Constructed on a monumental scale to reflect the might and power of Imperial Russia • Formal state occasions • Frequent and lavish entertaining. • The dining table could seat 1000 guests • State rooms could hold 10,000 people

  14. PimpMy Palace : 1732-1917 • Wine cellars, great halls, salons, art galleries, Imperial Yacht • These rooms, halls and galleries were so warm that exotic plants bloomed (all winter) • Brilliant lighting like summertime (though it was gloomy and sub-zero outside)

  15. PimpMy Palace : 1732-1917 • Servants moved into the roof and attic (without anyone noticing) • They even smuggled in a cow for fresh milk

  16. Faberge Eggs • Jeweled French designed eggs 1885-1917 • Most famous eggs produced for the Tsar • Made with gold, silver, precious gems • 50 made, 42 survived • 2 eggs never delivered after the royal family was assassinated

  17. Golden Eggs, Starving Peasants? • We’d love an egg to eat…

  18. Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia • As a leader, his country went from a Great Power to economic and military collapse… • Under his rule, his country was defeated in every war… • Last of his family dynasty.

  19. “Bloody Nicholas” • Russo-Japanese War(1905) • Khodynka Tragedy (mass panic) • Bloody Sunday • Anti-Semitic Pogroms

  20. Russo-Japanese War • Russia wanted a warm water port • Defeated by Japan • 130,000 Russians slaughtered • Nicholas begs for peace • Japanese woodcut print, Kobayashi Kiyochika

  21. Bloody Sunday • January 22, 1905 • Priest Gapon, told Tsar of the peace march, asked Tsar to receive peaceful protest

  22. Bloody Sunday • Marched, arm in arm, peaceful, crosses, icons, religious banners, natl flags, pixs of Tsar ‘God Save the Tsar’, singing hymns

  23. Bloody Sunday • (The Tsar panicked) 2pm guards opened fire • 92 dead, 100s wounded, leaders seized • “The Tsar will not help us”

  24. Pogroms • Riot directed against Jews; ethnic, religious cleansing • Destruction of homes, businesses, religious centers • Murder, torture, rape, brutality • “State-sanctioned” (Govt Approved) secret police • Bloody wave 1903–1906, 1000s Jews dead, wounded • 1905, Odessa pogrom, 2500 Jews killed • After Bloody Sunday, 70,000-250,000 killed (blamed for Tsar’s problems in media), 300,000 Jewish orphans

  25. Duma • State Duma of the Russian Empire (1906-1917) • Legislative assembly, lower house of Parliament, upper house royal appointed ministers • Tsar pledged more civil liberties, gave Duma legislative, oversight powers (sort of) • Fundamental Laws: Tsar passed laws denying the Duma real power over him, could dismiss (fire) Duma • 4 new Dumas (before Revolution) • 12 members later became ‘Provisional Govt’

  26. Gregory Rasputin (Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin) Strange moody “holy man”, “mystic” “The Mad Monk” Married, womanizer, drunk Cured the Tsar’s youngest boy Alexis of hemophilia? Nobles believed he had power over royal family Claimed to control the royal family (Tzarina) ,

  27. Gregory Rasputin December 29, 1916: Nobles kill him with poisoned cake Cyanide (enough to kill several men) Shot with revolver, he attempted to escape, Shot again in courtyard, clubbed unconscious, thrown into Neva River (icy) Cause of death: drowning Movie: Rasputin: Dark Servant Video: Rasputin 1-3 ,

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