When Sergei Witte acted as Russia's Minister of Finance from 1892 to 1903, attempted to solve Russia's "riddle of backwardness" in its government. He is considered more of a originator of Stalin rather than a modern of Nicholas II. In 1900, Witte wrote a memorandum to Nicholas II, highlighting the necessity of industrialization in Russia. After the government implem

In 1916, Nicholas II and his wife, Alexandria, were so separated from the ruling circle that a palace overthrow was freely advocated. Before this, Alexandria had brought Rasputin, a faith healer, to live with them in the Winter Palace at Petrograd. Alexandria believed he was holy and could save her son, Alexander, from dying of haemophilia. Rasputin ate into the woodwork of the Russian aristocracy, and Alexandria made sure that the members of the Duma did not tarnish him, and that they met his requests. Two revolutionaries murdered Rasputin in December of 1916, after being poisoned, shot, and drowned.

Most Russians were dissatisfied with their country's "cultural barrier" between

Peter Stolypin was Chair of the Soviet of Ministers. Stolypin's goal was to seal the rift between the government and the public. His scheme was a moderate one, based largely on Witte's earlier suggestions. Its essence was the creation of a prosperous and conservative element in the countryside. On the whole, Stolypin succeeded with some improvements in the civic status of the peasantry, but did not erase the barriers separating it from "privilege Russia". A revolutionary assassinated Stolypin in 1911.

The years of revolution between 1907 and 1914 were not particularly bad ones for the peasants. Stolypin's reformation plan had given more land to the peasants. Though taxes had increased un-expectantly under Witte's system, Stolypin quickly lowered the rates and eased the tax burden on the p

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