Tsar Nicholas II Research Paper

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The authority of the Tsar Nicholas II was heavily undermined after the revolution of 1905 and more directly in the event of Bloody Sunday (9 January 1905). Widespread strikes and uprisings caused by the outraged public created a threat for the Tsar which he could not ignore. Cartoon published in1905 titled „Death stalks the barricades” [appendix + przypis] presents a figure of a giant skeleton passing through the streets of St. Petersburg causing devastation. The figure appears to be unstoppable. This cartoon intended to portray the attitude of the people and their perception of the Tsar after the events of 1905. He was no longer The Father of the Nation, but the one who brought the threat. As a response Nicholas II, established The October
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