Romanov+Dynasty

=Case Study I: The Decline and Fall of the Romanov Dynasty=

1. **Nicholas II as Autocrat**


 * Extent of Empire
 * Social Structure
 * Government
 * Revolutionary Groups

2. **Political, Economic and Social Grievances in early twentieth-century Century Russia**


 * Growth of Industrial Development: living and working conditions
 * Causes and effects of Russo-Japanese War
 * 1905 Revolution
 * The October Manifesto
 * Lenin and Trotsky

3. **The Tsar’s failure to address the problems of Russia**


 * The Dumas
 * Rising Civil unrest
 * Demonstrations/strikes

4. **The Role of World War I in the Fall of the Tsarist Regime**


 * Reasons for entry
 * Early setbacks: Tannenburg and Masurian Lakes
 * Economic, social and political problems caused by the War
 * Influence of Rasputin
 * March Revolution
 * Tsar’s abdication
 * Assassination of Imperial Family

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