Nicholas II Dbq

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In 1894, Nicholas Romanov became the Czar of Russia. At this time, Russia was very far behind surrounding countries' industrialization along with awful working and living conditions. The people of Russia were becoming restless. Until January 22, 1905, the government had made no changes to the way people had to work and live. Workers marched to the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg. Along with marching, other workers across the country reacted with strikes. Even though this was a very peaceful and calm protest, Czar Nicholas II ordered his military to fire into the crowd, this was seen as the first time that clearly showed Nicholas II did not care about the people of Russia. Along with this, Nicholas II left his home to lead the front line in World …show more content…
However, once he came into power, Stalin disagreed with this idea. He put the Five-Year Plan into action in 1928. The majority of the Five Year Plan and the New Economic Policy were different, however they did share the same end goal, communist Russia. Lenin’s New Economic Policy was introduced in Russia in 1921. The N.E.P. permitted all of Russia’s citizens the “right to the possession of buildings in town or country” (Document A). This allowed them to once again have private property rights, trademarks, and copyrights. This was created because they needed support after the War. Russia’s economy needed help, and Lenin decided to create the N.E.P. Lenin’s end goal was to have a communist Russia. Still, they could not “count on going straight to communism” (Document C) because they needed stability. Despite wanting communism, Lenin knew that for the necessary stability, they needed to restore capitalism, which allowed “the peasants to trade freely in their surplus agricultural produce.” (Document C). Unlike Stalin’s Five-Year Plan, this benefited the economy and helped the economy. Stalin’s Five-Year Plan was introduced to Russia in