The Russian society has been influenced by the Byzantine Empire in many ways, and the main reason for this was that there was constant contact through trade between the two, as well as Byzantium being far ahead in numerous aspects. One of the big influences was the religion, as the Russians became Orthodox Christians under the influence of Byzantium, which was detrimental for their future development. Another influence was the literacy, as the Russians were literate and did not had their own alphabet. The Macedonian brothers Cyril and Methodius created a Slavic alphabet, and under the order of the emperor of Byzantium they spread out among the Slavic people, including the Russians. The running of the state was also influenced, as the Russians used the basis of the Byzantine code of laws.
The correct answers that fill the blanks of the sentence are the following.
1) Duma, 2) Liberals. 3) Democratic, 4) Civil Liberties, 5) Continue, 6) Desertion.
Following the abdication of the Tsar, a provisional government was set up in February 1917 by leaders in the <em>Duma</em> and generally composed of<u> Liberals</u>. Its members hoped to set up a <u>Democratic </u>system of government and sought to secure <u>civil liberties</u>. However, the government lost a lot of its popular support when it chose to <u>continue </u>Russia’s participation in the war, leading to mass <u>desertion </u>of soldiers by the fall of 1917.
The Provisional Government replaced the Tzars in March 1917. Tzar's government had collapsed due to the revolution. The members of the Duma set up that provisional government under the leadership of Alexander Kerensky, but he had to share the government with the Petrograd Soviet.
<span>Philosophy. An organized system of thought that comes from the Greek word meaning, "Love of wisdom"
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