Russia's Government
I picked the country Russia. Why? Because I love the nation, the hockey players that come from that nation, and especially their accents! In this paper I will explain who is currently running the government, and what system is in place there. Also I will tell a little about Russia’s earlier government.
There leader is currently called a President. The man that currently has that job is Boris Eltsyn. Their system is Democratic with the Republican form of government. Some of there early cities where, Kiev, Pskov (Where 2 time Stanley cup champ Sergei Fedorov was born), Charnigov, Smolensk, and Novgorod (all exist today).
Russian roots lie in early ancient societies such as Greece and Byzantine Empire. Slavic migration towards the northeast was the first sign of Russia. There first capital was Kiev and the state was called Kiev Russia (Kievskaya Rus). Feuds between early Russian princedoms allowed the southeastern tribes of Tatar-Mongel Gorden Horde to conquer Russia and controlled for three long centuries. During this period Moscow became the capital of Russia though it is not known when.
Started by Peter a great reformation of Russia was taking place. Old Russian ways where cast out, and everything was ‘westernized’ (Non-Russian city names like St. Petersburg and Ekaterinburg are examples.) Different Russian Monarchs attempted to change the course of these events differently. A few imitated France, some Prussia, and some wanted to return to the old Russia. One of the most important domestic changes was the official abolishment of Serfdom (yay!) in 1861 (are very own US abolishment of slavery was in the same year(Yay!)) However the reform was incomplete (boo!) and led to misunderstanding revolts by peasants. By the turn of the 19th century Russia was a powerful empire with great potential, but things did not stay like that like was planned. Instead many natural catastrophes occurred during WW1 which added to a already touchy social unrest. Tired of war and starving, people in Russia blamed everything on the government (the tsar). In the February revolution Czar nicolai the second was forced to abdicate and Russia became a republic. It’d parliamentary organ, Duma, was Very indecisive and slow. No one saw much change and a second much bigger problem came about-The October Revolution, or the Great October Socialist Revolution. In 1917 the most important group agitating people was the RSDRP (Russian socialist democratic party of workers) Later renamed the RKP (Russian communist party), it was subsidized by Germany, who hoped to take Russia out of war and thus concentrate all German forces on the western front. RKP’s motto, denounced war and demanded food which appealed to people. Late night on October 25 (or November 7 by the new calendar) rebel tsarist warship ‘Aorora’ parked at a dock in St.Petersburg and fired from it’s cannons announcing the beginning of the soviet union which lasted over 70 yrs. The only thing that saved Russia was people’s amazing enthusiasm. Many working days and nights sacrificing them for the better future of next generations. The new state was named the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, because it consisted of several union republics that had there own government, flag, and lingo. The country moved on to accomplishing it’s new goal-building of the communist society.