Tsar

“What contribution did your leader make to the revolutionary situation?” Tsar Nicholas II was the last Autocratic monarch of Russia under the Romanov rule. His reign, 1864 to 1917, was plagued with misfortune and disaster. It is undeniable that some of the events were entirely out his hands, however majority of Tsar Nicholas II actions led to the Revolutionary Situation in 1917. The decision of fighting in the Russo - Japanese War, the 1905 Revolution, Bloody Sunday, the October Manifesto and…

why Russian civilians rebelled against Tsar Nicholas Iain 1915, Tsar Nicholas II too complete control of Russia. He was not the ruler the people hoped he would be. By 1917, most Russian civilians lost hope in him, which led to the February Revolution which happened after World War I. The Russian military continued to face humiliations. People could not take any more of Tsars continuous disappointments, which was affecting the Russian nation. Eventually, the Tsar was abdicated on March 2, 1917,…

History.com Staff. “Bloody Sunday Massacre in Russia.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bloody-sunday-massacre-in-russia. Russia was under the control of Tsar Nicholas II and they were in a losing war against Japan. That caused violence in St. Petersburg in what became know as the Bloody Sunday. Nicholas fell under the influence of a man called the mad monk, Grigory Rasputin, which caused Nicholas to make many bad choices. The demands for reform…

How well did Tsar Nicholas II rule Russia in the years 1906-1917? (50 marks) Nicholas ruled Russia abysmally in the years 1906 –1917. He did not understand that his country needed to reform politically if it was to industrialize. He granted reforms after the 1905 revolution to decrease social unrest and bring his country back in control, however, he failed to commit to reform. The economic growth from 1906-1914 created a healthy economy, which created more jobs and opportunities, however, this…

modernity, but they were toward the beginning of the revolutionary movement. When World War I came about, Russians believed the war would be a short one and that they would not need to make use of all of their resources, such as soldiers and supplies. Tsar Nicholas put his faith into a Russian victory for the sake of national unity (EUROPE 165). Against Nicholas’s original beliefs, the war raged on, and peasants in Russia experienced even more unrest. Intellectuals became revolutionaries, and a…

Tsar Nicholas ll played a large role in the contribution to his own downfall due to his character and actions that lead to the key events of Bloody Sunday and World War 1. Firstly the Tsars uneducated and disinterested character lead him to have the inability to perform the role of a tsar which lead to many inconvenient decisions. In addition his neglectful, irresponsible and inhuman treatment of his subjects lead to the massacre of Bloody Sunday that decreased his popularity and changed his…

extensive changes within the political, economic and social structure of Russia. It saw the abdication of the Tsar and the end of over 300 years of Romanov rule. The revolution also saw the formation of the Provisional Government which was made to look after people, until the representatives were elected. The Success of the March 1917 Revolution to a great extent caused by the inept leadership of Tsar Nicholas II. This ineptitude was highlighted through many different factors such as the Tsar’s…

aristocratic ties to the early fifteenth century. The original State Duma was demolished in the seventeen hundreds and was revived in 1906 after the crisis of 1905. It was a corrupt branch of government that was relatively ineffective on account of Tsar Nicholas II and his ability to veto any legislation passed up by the Duma senate. The original State Duma was established in the fourteenth century and consisted of the patricians of Russia. The princes of Moscow would meet unofficially with…

What was the key reason for the tsar's abdication in 1917? Russia is in a disaster. At first, the crowded was delighted to have Nicolas ll appointed Tsar in 1894. However, one man could not control Russia because of its size. Soon, the Tsar lost his power and the empire fell collapsed. The reasons are split by short, medium and long term factors. The mix of cultures in such a large country and the clash of different views and religions were things that had been a long term problem in Russia…

of the Tsarist regime? The Tsarist regime collapsed in March 1917 when Nicholas II abdicated. By the time of the abdication the Tsarist regime had already been damaged by a number of factors that could be held responsible for the overall downfall of Tsar Nicholas II. One of these factors is the influence that Rasputin, a monk who convinced the Tsarina that he could cure her son of his haemophilia. Rasputin’s influence over the royal family made him widely hated, especially by the aristocracy.…