Introduction
Innumerable historians have tried over the past century to pinpoint the exact moment and reason that led to the fall of Tsar Nicholas II, who was the Emperor of the Russian Empire. However, the downfall of Tsardom cannot be perceived as an event or even a long process, but rather as a consequence of the Russian Revolution of 1917 as well as a sequence of unmanageable and highly antagonistic acts that involved contrasting parties, which occurring simultaneously consequently led to Russia’s collapse.
The very trigger for the fall of Tsardom does not only stem from the mismanagement of the World War I effort, but also from a revolt of the most conservative traditionalists in Russian society, who were appalled by the Crown’s imprudent …show more content…
The rebellion spread to the middle class, who established control over the industrial enterprises, and lastly to ethnic minorities, who strived for greater self-rule. Although each of these groups pursued their own agendas, ’’the cumulative effect of their assault on the country's social and economic structure by the autumn of 1917 created in Russia a state of anarchy.’’ In other words, the imperial Russia was …show more content…
His capability of guiding and leading the Russian people in a genuine popular uprising against a corrupt, bourgeois regime was not only predicted but also highly expected and heavily relied on. Revolutionary ’’mass consciousness’’ was raised by the Bolshevik Party and the people were led to victory by the vanguard of the Revolution. A Soviet historian would subsequently put an emphasis on Lenin’s unquestionable brilliance in leadership, which was the ultimate reason for the success of the October Revolution. As Trotsky himself stated, the February Revolution was merely a ’’dress rehearsal’’ for the final triumph of the Great proletariat Revolution. Lenin’s tight and disciplined organization of the party was reinforced by the radical mass support of the Russian workers, peasants and lastly,
Innumerable historians have tried over the past century to pinpoint the exact moment and reason that led to the fall of Tsar Nicholas II, who was the Emperor of the Russian Empire. However, the downfall of Tsardom cannot be perceived as an event or even a long process, but rather as a consequence of the Russian Revolution of 1917 as well as a sequence of unmanageable and highly antagonistic acts that involved contrasting parties, which occurring simultaneously consequently led to Russia’s collapse.
The very trigger for the fall of Tsardom does not only stem from the mismanagement of the World War I effort, but also from a revolt of the most conservative traditionalists in Russian society, who were appalled by the Crown’s imprudent …show more content…
The rebellion spread to the middle class, who established control over the industrial enterprises, and lastly to ethnic minorities, who strived for greater self-rule. Although each of these groups pursued their own agendas, ’’the cumulative effect of their assault on the country's social and economic structure by the autumn of 1917 created in Russia a state of anarchy.’’ In other words, the imperial Russia was …show more content…
His capability of guiding and leading the Russian people in a genuine popular uprising against a corrupt, bourgeois regime was not only predicted but also highly expected and heavily relied on. Revolutionary ’’mass consciousness’’ was raised by the Bolshevik Party and the people were led to victory by the vanguard of the Revolution. A Soviet historian would subsequently put an emphasis on Lenin’s unquestionable brilliance in leadership, which was the ultimate reason for the success of the October Revolution. As Trotsky himself stated, the February Revolution was merely a ’’dress rehearsal’’ for the final triumph of the Great proletariat Revolution. Lenin’s tight and disciplined organization of the party was reinforced by the radical mass support of the Russian workers, peasants and lastly,