Download - Tsar Nicholas II - IB History Higher Russia
Nicky II: Ma story
Bitch im fabulous No ur
notow
Stop shooting
me
24 slides about a useless
waste of space
LEGIT QUOTE FROM DA MAN HIMSELF:
• 1894-"I am not prepared to be the Tsar. I never wanted to become one. I know nothing of the business of ruling.“ nice really confident in u m8
• Trotsky said he was ‘not fit to run a village post office’ OHH BURRN• This Hans Rogger
historian dude said ‘Nicholas had no knowledge of the world or of men".’ hoo boyy
T-Nizzle 1894-1917: Cray cray times
• He didn’t really want to do this, leading countries was not his thang
• BUT Autocracy was definitely his thang
• They had just had a massive famine in 1891 where even the word ‘famine’ was banned
• Couldn’t even speak RUSSIAN properly but he spoke french?! MOTHERFUCKER you are RUNNING this country and you CANT SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE LOOK AT YOUR LIFE LOOK AT YOUR CHOICES
• Too many dirty peasants• He was a pansy
whee this is so much funluv family fotos
im having the time of my life
Nick a stupid hoeaka reasons why it all fell apart no.2
• Russia’s economy was a backwards pile of sh*t (more on that later)
• Bought up by Pobodonestev, MASSIVE CONSERVATIVE
• 99 problems and his bitch was one HAHAHA yeah she was also conservative so she whispered bad things about democracy in his ear so he wouldn’t do anything
• The times were-a-changing everywhere else like industry n stuff but he wouldn’t reform
• Conc.: nobody likes the Tsar
look at this hot piece y would u NOT listen to him
K-POBBY IN DA
HOUSE
Politizzle and Societizzle
• Middle class intelligentsia growing want 2 FIGHT 4 THEIR RIGHT (2 PARTY)
• Liberal- Kadets & Octobrists: less of a threat, but any opposition to the tsar still illegal
• Socialist Revolutionaries (SRs)• Socialist Democrats (Mensheviks and
Bolsheviks) (they end up winning and making russia commie later)
• Conc.: nobody likes the Tsar
assasins n shitaka political opposition
• Populists/Narodniks-• Ideas like ‘The
peoples will’ – BAMFs• Wanted the Tsar out ,
peasants in• Developed into SRsConc.: nobody likes the Tsar (as per)
kinda like this but probably less badass
X Marx da spot (Marxists)
• Social Democratic party most prominent (split to mensheviks and bolsheviks 1903)
• Wanted to overthrow regime proletarian state
• Wanted urban uprising• Most leaders exiled in
w. europe however, less of a threat
Like santa but everyone gets a lump
of coal
Was a big fan of muse
Seven nation army couldn’t hold me back
aka Nationalists• Loads of non-russians in
russia• Not many russians in
poland, ukraine, baltic states and asia= big problem
• But they cant communicate and agree and work together
• So easy to put them down
Pictured: the white stripes’ 7 nation
army being oppressed by a big
red light thing (russia obv)
Russo-Japanese War 1905let me guess do the russians lose oh yes ofc what else would they do lol
• Basically Russians are just really shit at wars
• They lost Port Arthur in Jan• They got their asses kicked at
Tsushima in May (Baltic fleet sailed halfway round the world just to get 25/35 warships crushedddd)
• It was just well shameful and all the Russians were like urgh bun you Nicky
• Conc.: nobody likes the Tsar (obv.)
Beep beep konnichiwa
bitches
Oh craprun
1905- Bloody (shambles) Sunday• There were 150,000
peeps just wanted to show him a petition in St. Petersburg, peaceful stuff
• Lets not talk about that traitor father Gapon
• But the dumbass son of a bitch Nicky shot everyone
• Like, 1000 people or something it was real sad
• Conc.: nobody likes the Tsar (again)
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This kinda hurts ngl
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die peasant bitchez
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grrIs that a bear
how long must we sing this song:the 1905 rev
• Strikes everywhere in anger- 400,000 ppl• Transport stopped, peasants attacked landlords
homes• Jan- protestors wanted improved living
standards summer= more politial- wanted duma and political parties
• Oct- general strike in moscow• Puts out October manifesto to calm em down• Troops came back in Dec- crushed everyone• Then Stolypin executed like 1400 people in the
next 3 years to make sure no one did it again
Nicky is a lil shit• Nicky broke the people’s hearts,
they thought he was the ‘little father’ and would protect dem 5eva ;_;
• Crushed a lotta strikes and uprisings after this
• Put out the October Manifesto- to get the liberals to shut up– Gave freedom of assembly– Dropped redemption debts for
peasants
• Completely BACKTRACKED in april with ‘Fundamental Law’ which stated that basically everyone was still his bitches (ultimate power)
bow 2 me peasants
Dat bitch (Stolypin)PM 1906-1911
• Life motto: hang dem commie bitchez
• funny but nobody likes it when the govt. kills everyone!!
• Made some reforms – wanted to get the peasants out of the rut
• He got assasinated in 1911-why am I not surprised- but then he couldn’t finish his reforms
• Conc.: nobody likes the Tsar
i got 99 problems but a radical aint one
im really into ropes if u get what I mean
Economizzle• 1. it was shitty• Stolypin did some stuff• How do you solve a problem like
peasants???• Peasant land banks- peasants can
buy state lands• Peasant poll tax abolished 1886 • They can get outta da mir without
asking• Got everyone to try and farm in
Siberia (good luck)• By 1914 2 mill had left for the cities• But everyone had to slum it down
and live in janky conditions bad times
• Inflation QUADRUPLED by 1917• Conc.: nobody likes the Tsar
ow the sunlight it
hurts
Lol whats a bath
WITTE’S GREAT ‘SPURT’ HEHEHEHEHEHEHE
aka industrialise dat shit
• Had to be special, invented his own plan: the ‘Witte system’ – govt. decides and sponsors the economy
• All about the iron and steal and coal and machinery what a macho man
• Trans-siberian railway was his baby- 7000km of badass from St petey-b’s to vladivostok
• Borrowing money from everyone else (UK, France) yup good idea
• Extra taxes on over taxed peasantry good job man
Choo choo mothafucka
sDamn right its longer than urs
go trans-siberian or go
home
WFX(witte’s effects)
• Finally use dat siberia shit to grow crops
• Coal iron and oil prod. rises• Military power grows• Cities grow massively, St
petey-B has 1 mill 1890 and 2 mill 1914
• But like I mentioned before worker welfare wasn’t exactly the top priority working and living conditions were baaayyyd timez
• So everyone starts getting angsty (basically social unrest)
State DumasDemocracy whats that
• Basically they were a massive joke• Like there was finally a national
assembly but it wasn’t that gr8• 1. April 1906 -lots of Trudoviks and
Kadets (rads and libs)- he got rid of that shit after 72 days
• 2. Feb-June 1907 -Lots of SR and Soc Dem-got rid of that shit after 3 months. Banned Kadets HAHA
• 3. Nov 1907-1912- ‘Duma of Lords and Lackeys’- full of rich bitches kissing the tsars ass
• 4. 1912-1914 Also full of rich bitches
• The liberals and middle class were like wtf is this shit aint nobody got time for that
• Conc.: nobody likes the Tsar
Ew communism get it away frm me
Lol dumas more like dumbass
Progressive bloc party• Formed aug 1915• ‘progressive’ nationalists,
centrists, octobrists, kadets and progressives (326/422 duma members)- formed their own ‘govt of public confidence’
• Want to pressure govt to reform
• Tsar was like lol no, suspended the duma
• Lets just say they were not happy
• Many of them became PG later
I made this album
cover isnt it gud
WWI: omnishambles• Tsar went off to fight in 1915 but
he was basic as hell and lost all the damn time AND now he got blamed personally
• All the soldiers got the food (and the bread don’t forget the bread) so the normal peeps didn’t get any
• By 1917 they had lost TWO MILLION in CIVILIANS alone
• It was massively expensive, 17 mill roubles spent and they STILL didn’t have enough
• Left Rasputin and Tsarina to run da town, they thought she was a hoe
• Support for the tsar was non-existent by 1916
• Conc.: nobody likes the Tsar (even the generals!)
dont u wish ur boyfriend woz hot lyk
me
yup me right over here plz
THE 1917 FEB REV!! (u’ve been waiting 4 this i no bby)
“One of the most leaderless, spontaneous, anonymous revolutions of all time” – American historian W.H Chamberlin
listen to what the old guy says khistory books
♫ lets start at the very beginning…
• …a very good place to start♪• A bunch of un-coordinated
strikes first• 9th Jan- 140,000 strike (anniv of
Bloody Sunday, shoulda known that would come back to bite him in the ass)
• 31st Jan- food shortage= more strikes
• ♥ 14th Feb ♥ - 100,000 workers strikin it up
• State Duma turn against the govt and attack lack of food aw sheeeet
dis is a story all about how nicks life got flipped turned upside down
k so I warned you not to forget the bread…
Sweet sweet bread of christ
Feb/Mar 1917 Rev• Feb: Dem russians gettin’
lairy bout dey bread• Govts real clever
everyone wants more bread lets ration it good idea guys well done
• women’s day protests 23rd feb
• Putilov engineering strikes too like 100,000 ppl now woah
• its not just about bread now, they want ryeform
Get bready to crumble
bake loaf not
war
im baguette-ing angry
we’re really croiss(ant)
all you need is loaf
loaf lifts us up where you
belong
r u gna bang
dough
i don’t even knead
that dough
i wont roll with dis
rye so serious??
srsly guys stop these jokes r getting stale
you’re toast, nicholas
rise up against the
govt!!1
I aint leaven
wheat till I get my
hands on u
what ciabatta do
about itThis is getting whey outta hand
u butter not cross
memuch a-dough about muffinbun dis
flour power
doughnut think you can get away with
this
loaf the way u lie
its the yeast you
could do nicky
the rev continues..• 25th feb: over 200,000 people
striking in Petrograd now shit son• every1 gettin’ all up in the govt’s
grill so they dissolved the state duma lol bitch plz whats dat gunna do
• 26 Feb- This time even the troops didn’t shoot them like they did in 1905 so it was major stuff k
• 27 Feb- bye bye Petrograd garrison, they’ve joined the peasants who now have 40,000 rifles muthafuckaaas
• nicky was a weak ass little bitch now
• 1+1=2 L8 to apologise ahahaha• Conc.: nobody likes the Tsar bun the tsar
u suk nice hat doe
i would
Ooohhh watching the people get lairy its not very pretty I teeeell thee
Bye nicky nice knowin yanot
• Abdicated 2nd march (the day after Juliana’s birthday yay)
• powa to da PG and the PS• (Provisional govt and petrograd
soviet get it in your brain)• Later the whole fam was shot
sigh bad times• Mayb Anastasia survived??!!1
(Jk that film is a total lie)• Conc.: nobody likes the Tsar• how many times jeeesus
LIES
THE END• Final conc.: nobody likes the Tsar k
hop u enjoyedWen u try ur best n u dnt succeed…
When u get what u want but not what u need…
big finale comin up guys…
I will try…
• To fix youheyo it’s ya boii Leninbrap brap
Check you got everyting: Syllabus• This website is also fab
• What was Nicholas II’s character? How well-suited was he to rule Russia? Is it surprising that he was the 'last Tsar'?
• Key problems facing Nicholas II -– Backwards economy– National poverty– Dangers of modernisation
• Key aim: autocracy-modernise without revolution• Main events during Nicholas II's reign to consider:
– Witte and industrialisation drive– Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)– 1905 Revolution - as sparked by Bloody Sunday– Stolypin and agricultural reform– The Dumas and the rise of organised political opposition– Impact of WW1– Abdication after February revolution, 1917