Start Date
20-4-2017 12:45 PM
End Date
20-4-2017 2:00 AM
Disciplines
European History | Political History | Slavic Languages and Societies
Subjects
Grigoriĭ Efimovich Rasputin (1869-1916) -- Influence, Russia -- History -- To 1917, Russia -- History -- Political aspects, Nicholas II (Emperor of Russia) 1868-1918
Description
In 1917 the Romanov Dynasty ended as did Imperial Russia. Faced with years of political, social and economic instability tracing back to the Revolution of 1905, it was only a matter of time before everything fell apart. This paper analyzes the role in which Gregory Rasputin played in further polarizing the many facets of Russian society and priming the country for the Revolution of 1917.
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/19793
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Rasputin and the Fragmentation of Imperial Russia
In 1917 the Romanov Dynasty ended as did Imperial Russia. Faced with years of political, social and economic instability tracing back to the Revolution of 1905, it was only a matter of time before everything fell apart. This paper analyzes the role in which Gregory Rasputin played in further polarizing the many facets of Russian society and priming the country for the Revolution of 1917.