Student name :Seb Williams Russia Trip 2013 Student name :Seb Williams

Section 1: Russia before 1855 Ivan the Terrible was the first Tsar of all Russia in 1547. He is famously noted for being cruel and for even killing his own son. He killed his son by striking him on the head with a pointed staff. The next Tsar was his mentally disabled son Feodor I Catherine the great became the Tsar in 1762 She was the longest ruling and most renowned female tsar Section 1: Russia before 1855 The Romanov family took to reign as Tsars with Michael Romanov in 1613. He was chosen as Tsar because of his relation to Ivan the terrible’ s wife Anastasia.

Section 2: Russia under the Tsars, 1855- 1917 Nicholas II was made Tsar after the death of Alexander III. He initially didn’t want to be the tsar of Russia. During Nicholas’s rule many deaths occurred due to the loss in the Russo-Japanese war and also on the 9th of January 1905 there was the bloody Sunday massacre by imperial guards on people having a peaceful demonstration to Nicholas II. It is said that when this happened Nicholas II knew nothing of it. He abdicated in 1917 after the Bolshevik revolution where he and his family were exiled to the Tsar’s village by the provincial government , and in the time of the communists he and his family were exiled to Siberia and then later killed. Section 2: Russia under the Tsars, 1855- 1917 Nicholas II’s son suffered from haemophilia but he was later cured from this by Rasputin. Rasputin was an uneducated peasant who was believed to have mystical powers. As soon as Rasputin came to aid the family, Nicholas II’s son immediately got better. Rasputin was killed in a plot by Felix Yusupov where they attempted to poison him , they shot him multiple times and dumped him in a canal. It is said that even after this he was still alive as in one autopsy report water was found in his lungs so he died of drowning British secret service could have been involved in his murder, as the bullets found were the typical bullets used in a British gun.

Section 3:Russia under the communists, 1917-1964 Lenin came into power in 1924. British banks lent Lenin and the communist government money. That’s why the British embassy is the biggest embassy in Russia During World War II people had to write their own families death records. Lack of food. 1500 tonnes of food was imported to Leningrad (St Petersburg) Section 3:Russia under the communists, 1917-1964 Under the communists people had little space for themselves. On average there was 6 m² per person. Stalin built the buildings very tall and surrounding to brainwashing people into thinking they were very small and insignificant. Made a very nice metro for the same brainwashing reasons.

Section 4: Russia, 1964 – present day Most education provided by the state so is free University fees are much cheaper compared to Britain. For Russia university costs about P50,000 (roubles) which translates to about £1500 pounds compared with £9000 in the UK. Cars only recently being used so there is a lot of traffic. Most use the Metro Section 4: Russia, 1964 – present day Russia’s new growing capitalist society is interfering with its past communist legends. In Red square the Lenin mausoleum is being moved in respect due to the growth of popularity in red square for tourist attractions such as ice skating and concerts. Very tourist based (mainly Moscow) lots of shopping centres and American fast food shops.