The Liberals were a law-abiding, non-violent revolutionary group. ... They wanted a system of government that was democratic, such as the one used in Britain, this meant an elected parliament shared power with the monarch. ... As no other royals could take the throne Russia became a republic, this meant that they were not governed by a monarch but by an elected leader. ... During this time the leader of the Bolsheviks, Lenin, was exiled to Switzerland as he disagreed with the revolutionaries who supported and co-operated with the Provisional Government. ... All of these leaders fighting for ...

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Sir Arthur Nicholson, the British Ambassador to Russia in 1906 described Nicholas as, "the gentle but uneducated emperor- who "is weak on every point except his own autocracy."" ... The Okhrana was an organisation that was founded to combat political left wing revolutionary activity and terrorism. ... The Black Hundreds organised massacres of revolutionaries with the unauthorised consent of the Tsar. ... (Rasputin) Many rumours, such as the Empress was in league with the Germans were started and in 1916, a liberal leader accused the Tsarina of being a German agent in one of his speeches...

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The Russian Revolution of 1905 was a social and political uprising against the government of the Tsar, manifested largely through strikes leading to production grinding to a halt. ... Tsar Nicholas II was not a strong and wise leader that Russia needed and his unwillingness to show change, maintaining Tsarism was the only resolute principle that that the Tsar had. This is reflected by Sir Arthur Nicholson, the British Ambassador to Russia in 1906 describing Nicholas as 'the gentle but uneducated Emperor, weak on every point except his own autocracy.' ... Two major political parties ...

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Factors such as economic, social, leadership and political has the same impact in the making of modern Russia, as much as future military conflicts. ... If it wasn't for the intervention of Britain and Austria-Hungary, Russian mass man-powered forces could have seized them independence. The retreat of Russia after the threats from Britain and Austro-Hungry allowed Russia to realize that they were still not developed as they thought and that any future war without a major modernization would be devastating. ... The revolutionary act had been a significant in the economy i.e. in the rail...

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There were many problems; both political and economic, facing the Soviet Union in 1928 and the decision to launch the five-year plans must have been influenced in part by these. ... Memories of help given to the counter revolutionaries during the civil war only helped to highlight the potential disputes. In 1927, this was bought to the surface when the British government raided the Soviet trade mission in London. ... However, the economic reasons were secondary to the political needs of the communism. ... To do this Stalin had to secure more power, because to reunite the party, it needed a lea...

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