Tsar Nicholas II Research Paper

Russia was and still is a vast empire, covering ⅙ of the planet's total surface area. Over a hundred years ago, Russia was ruled by the Tsar, who was the absolute ruler of Russia. At this time Nicholas II was the Tsar of Russia and he did not want anyone to tell him how to rule

To begin with, Tsardom collapsed in February was because Nicholas II was not the “little father” that the russians expected him to be (the big father was referred to God. People expected Nicholas to protect them and care for them if they were in need. His authority and care for the Russians was meant to be like the care of a father in a family but Nicholas fails to show this. This was especially demonstrated during Bloody Sunday in 1905. The day first began with an Okhrana double agent. He was leading a group of workers who were demanding for better working conditions and they went to the winter palace where the Tsar went. Once they arrived, instead of NIcholas to listen to what they were saying, he deployed troops to shoot them which resulted in several causalities. This made people to think of the Tsar as a ruthless and …show more content…
The Duma was a group of wealthy 3rd class members who wanted to help the Tsar and Russia. They also wanted to help during World War 1 because Russia was losing the war and many soldiers were dying. NIcholas did not answer them and continued governing Russia how he liked. At this point, people knew that the Tsar had very poor political judgement because he often relied on the help of his ministers to guide him. As well as this, the nobility were beginning to think that they were losing their influence in the economy because the Tsar wanted to do everything himself which lead to his