![]() At the beginning of the twentieth centuryīritain's main internal problem was the widespread poverty in her big cities. Last, but not list, Britain was facing similar internal problems. Publicized in the media of that time across mainland, so, the ![]() Furthermore, the subject of the mutiny on the Potemkin was highly Revolutionary movements in North India that would have jeopardized her position in the most The British authorities also feared that Russia will support the Rival at that time, because she was threatening the safety of the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits, so the Russian battleship Potemkin, because British media watched with great interest the events in the The main goal of this research is to analyses the perception of the British press on the mutiny on the On Potemkin, so this is one of the main reasons we propose a critical revaluation of the topic byĪnalyzing the media in a foreign country, booth rival and hostile, following its positioning in relation toĪn event that reveals the internal difficulties of Czarist Russia and its vulnerability in the Russo. Presenting the events of the summer of 1905 in a romanticized way, booth in press, literature,Ĭinema or historiography, of various historical periods, had altered the actual substance of the mutiny Political power of the moment to legitimize itself and to articulate the ideological speech before a The Potemkin uprising was one of those events used by the Ideology, or were shown in an incomplete and deficient way, being obscured those matters that did notįold the ideological profile of the moment. Issues that in different historical periods, were either presented from a perspective of a doctrine and But we believe that for this reason it is necessary the reassessment of ![]() Public, especially because the mutiny on the Russian battleship Potemkinreceived wide exposure inīoth art and historiography. Submission for analysis of events from the early twentieth can create perplexity for the general Keywords: The Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin Great Britain British press Romania international relations Introduction Aware of the gravity of the events in Russia and interested in the fate of a rival power, at the time, the British have turned with interest the attention of the facts that the British press has presented in detail throughout the crisis, manifesting rather sympathy for the courage of the Needing fuel and foodīattleship was first directed to Odessa, but he was banished, and then to Constanta. So, the sailors took control of the vessel. The officers who intervened brutally to punish the leaders of the mutiny were killed, others were taken prisoner. The tension was high and the revolt requires only a trigger that was produced on 27th June 1905 when the crew protested and refused to consume altered food. The news reached the ears of sailors aboardīattleship, amplifying the already present spirit of revolt among the crew because of the poor conditions and the intransigence of the commanders. The news of the massacre at the gates of Winter Palace was spreading rapidly causing shock and terror in the hearts of the people and also the desire to bath in the blood this injustice and with it the entire autocratic Tsarist regime. A first sign of this explosive situation was shown on 22nd January 1905, "the bloody Sunday", when soldiers of the imperial guard opened fire on unarmed protesters, who demanded only to hand the Tsar a petition expressing their discontent with the living conditions, they were subjected. The precarious existence of the peasants and the majority of the townspeople, coupled with internal and external conflicts had turned The Russian Empire into a powder keg ready to explode. The beginning of the twentieth century heralded the major changes that the autocratic Russia of Czar Nicholas II would have to manage.
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