Russia was ruled by Tsar Nicholas II at the time. He believed in a system of government whereby one person has absolute power, or autocracy. Russia was becoming industrialized very rapidly, which brought about low paying positions and a massive rate of unemployment. Nicholas II was very poor at managing important aspects of society such as politics and the military. World War I was not playing out the way the Russians had intended and the general population blamed Nicholas II because of it. The awful choices he made caused a negative demeanor to establish itself within the lower class, which in the long run made them start a revolution. The February Revolution brought about a liberal government called the Provisional Government. Vladimir Lenin,
