Rachel

>>>>>>Rachel's Russian Revolution's Page<<<<<<<

Hey Guy's!! Here's my page, Also just a not on posting on pages (as opposed to discussion pages), after a post, use the '~' key, (above the TAB button, took me a while to find it, hehehe), then post 4 in a row, like this: ~ ~ ~ ~ (except without the spaces). The result is this, which makes it easier to see who posted what. : 1245845676

Dearest Miss Joblin,

Here is half of my primary resources from the Russo-Japanese War.... i spent a while on it, found it pretty hard to find any more.... 1247904203

1. [] from the IMPERIAL PROCLAMATION OF WAR We hereby declare war against Russia and We command our army and navy to carry on hostilities against that Empire with all their strength, and We also command all Our competent authorities to make every effort in pursuance of their duties, and in accordance with their powers, to attain the national aim with all the means within the limits of the law of nations.

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from the OCTOBER MANIFESTO We call on all true sons of Russia to remember the homeland, to help put a stop to this unprecedented unrest and, together with this, to devote all their strength to the restoration of peace to their native land.  RASPUTIN LYRICS... line 15:  He could preach the bible like a preacher Rasputin was born sometime during the 1870's to a peasant family in Syberia. He was trained as a preacher and took a pilgrimage to Greece and Jeruselum in his early 20's. Because of this connection with religion and spirituality, he created a reputation of being a 'holy man'. line 19: She believed he was a holy healer He was hired to bring a priest to the Verkhoturye Monastery on a visit to St Petersburg, and after healing one of the Romanov's hunting dogs, gained the trust of the Tsar and Tsarina as a healer, and requested the healing of their hemophiliac son and heir to the throne of Russia. line 33: Lover of the Russian queen After dismissing the Commander in cheif of the Army, Tsar Nicholas II took control of the military himself, in attempt to bring unity to the failing troops. While The Tsar was absent from St Petersburg, the Tsarina, who was of German descent, was left in charge of the political decisions and actions. Rasputin had a huge influence on the Tsarina at this time, due to the trust and respect gained by Rasputin for allegedly healing the Tsarina's hemophiliac son. As a result of Rasputin's reputation for womanising, the people of Russia began to suspect that Rasputin and the Tsarina were having an affair, especially since the political positions of the Dumas and Ministers were beginning to be allocated according to Rasputin's personal gains and friendships, and the Tsarina's affections remained visible in her letters to the Tsar, referring to Rasputin as "Our friend" etc. This had a huge effect of the people's perception of the Romanov Monarchy, contributing to the fall of Tsardom in 1917.

bibliography: http://it.stlawu.edu/~rkreuzer/ptroy/rasputin.htm