Similarities Between Julius Caesar And Russia

Two men who were both leaders, but one was far worse than the other. Their names were Julius Caesar and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. This essay is about Julius Caesar and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, because they were both leaders, but only Julius was the only one to become a dictator. For Julius, it will be the gallic war and when he became a dictator. For Nicholas II, it will be about bloody Sunday and decline and death. And for my comparison of Nicholas II and Julius, about how they were both murdered and that they were both leaders.

First, about Julius Caesar and the gallic war. According to Bamber from history world, this event happened around the autumn of 52BC, after he was defeated at Vercingetorix, he settled down in his winter quarters

On the way to losing the war against japan in the far east, czarist Russia was wracked with internal discontent that was turned into violence in St. Petersburg in what was known as bloody Sunday. On January 5th, 1905, father Gapon led a large group of peaceful workers into St. Petersburg. The large group wanted Nicholas II to improve working conditions and establish popular assembly. Tsar Nicholas’s II troops opened fire on all the workers, killing more than a thousand people on bloody Sunday (history, staff. History.com, 2009, bloody Sunday massacre in Russia). In reaction Russia’s resentful workers went on strike. All peasants in Russia sympathized with their cause, thousands of uprisings took place and were terminated by Nicholas’s troops, making tensions even worse. Although Nicholas II believed he was an absolute ruler appointed by god, he eventually was forced to admit to creating an elected legislature, called the Duma. Despite this exception Nicholas II stubbornly continued to resist government refinement. This also included those suggested by Peter Stolypin, the newly elected minister of the

After the Duma appointed their own provisional committee built out of progressive bloc members, the soldiers were sent to squash the St. Petersburg riots. Nicholas II had no choice but to disclaim his throne, after that his family were sent to Ural Mountains and left on house arrest. In fall of 1917 the provisional government was overthrown by the Bolsheviks. In the spring of 1918 Russia was tied up in a civil war. On the night of July 16-17, 1918, Nicholas II and his family were murdered by the Bolsheviks under Vladimir Lenin, in Yekaterinburg, Russia, ending the Romanov dynasty rule. (N, A. 2016. The Biography.com