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HOW STABLE WAS THE RUSSIAN SYSTEM IN c.1910

Historians have long argued whether the events of 1917 were due to a build up of tension between the Tsar and his people over a long period of time or whether they were due to the cataclysmic events of the years between 1914 and 1917 and the consequences that Russia felt because of these. But first, we need to establish what ‘stable’ means? One can define ‘stable’ as ‘firmly fixed or established; firm in character’ which in this context means whether the Russian system was carrying out its purpose to effect. Unstable would mean that the organisation and running of the country is a shambles and that nothing was safe and nothing could be predicted. Obviously, there are the examples of ‘mildly stable’ or ‘superficially stable’, which need to be considered as well. To consider the answer fully, it is essential to look at the social situation in the period between 1900 and 1910, the economic problems Russia was facing at this time, the political experiments carried out b...

Posted by: Sylvia Schiavoni

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