<h2>The downfall of the national bank was caused because he and many of his supporters blamed the bank for the Panic of 1819, which had become a severe economic depression. The national bank had made that crisis worse, first by lending irresponsibly and then, when the panic hit, by hoarding gold currency to save itself at the expense of smaller banks and their customers.</h2>
The old regime. Introduction to Russia.
Opposition to tsarism. Revolutionary traditions.
Unrest, promise and betrayal. Russian industrialation.
War and decay. The Lena River massacre.
The Dual Power. The Provisional Government.
The new society. Soviet government.
A nation divided.
Trouble within the Party.
The Mensheviks
The Socialist-Revolutionaries (SRs)
The Kadets and Octobrists
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Louis XIV of France depicted as the Sun King. The divine right<span> of kings, </span>divine right<span>, or God's mandate is a political and religious doctrine of royal and political legitimacy. It asserts that a </span>monarch<span> is subject to no earthly authority, deriving the </span>right<span> to rule directly from the </span>will<span> of God.</span>