The History of the Soviet Union The History of the Soviet Union The Russian Empire, covering over one-sixth of the world, is governed by the sovereignty of Czar Ivan the Terrible. The feudal system oppressesevery man, woman and child as the Czar releases "Tax Collectors" tomaintain support for the nobles in the land. Brigands and financialextortionists persecute any lower class citizen who refuses to helpcontribute to the Czar's regime.1682-1725Under Czar Peter I (Peter the Great), the Russian Empire begins toflourish with traces of traditional social structure modifications in thecountry. Observing the radical advances of western civilizations, Peterorders the modernization of the army, creation of a navy, encouragesmercantilism and foreign trade, and gives women more rights. Nevertheless,the Empire remains stricken in poverty over slow reforms and theoverbearing presence of feudalism.1825-1861The feudal system begins to fail when the goals and desires of thecommon peasant cannot be achieved through such an archaic doctrine. Varioussuccessive Czars attempt social reforms which do not leave an impact on thecountry's well-being. In December of 1825, an uprising from the populaceoccures when they demand changes to the economic system. With thedevelopment of the American, French and Spanish constitutions, the serfsnow demanded the abolishment of the monarchy dictatorship, communalownership of land and many other civil and social reforms. Unfortunately,their rebellion was quickly dismantled by the Czar's military faction andthe system remained in tact.1861-1905Czar Nicholas II finally realized that his current economic monarchywas holding back the development of the empire. He therefore created aparliamentary system in 1905 which would decrease the number of strikes andviolent outbursts generating from the peasants. This representativeassembly (called a Duma) was convened a total of four times during thefirst World War and gave legitimac...
