How Did It Lead To The Collapse Of The Russian Empire?
The Russian Empire founded in 1720, it was the third largest empire in world history, and it stretched over three continents. The 20th century in Russia started with the catastrophe of the Russo-Japanese War. With the lost, Russia was economically devastated and the national morale was virtually non-existent. The Russian people had had enough of the impotent Tsar Nicholas II. Russia, unlike the rest of Europe, was backward society. In Russia, they still had many serfs. The Russians knew they needed to industrialize if they wanted to become a global power. People began to realize that their current state system was stated ineffective as Nicholas II was opposed to a modern constitutional political system with concepts of citizenship, law, and property that included ordinary Russians. This lead to the numerous riots and strikes all over Russia in 1905. At first, it was still somewhat peaceful, but when the Tsar's men massacred peaceful demonstrators who had come to the Tsar's palace with a reasonable petition asking for
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This war changed completely the map of Europe and lead to the collapse of the Russian Empire that was already in an ill-state. Russia entered the war with a huge army formed by forcing working class and farmers to join. Although the Russian army was humongous in number, the soldiers were poorly equipped or not properly trained to fight. Many of them were sent into battle without shoes, food, and even weapons. Over the next three years, nearly 2 million Russian soldiers were killed in battle and nearly another 5 million were injured. The people of Russia blamed the Tsar for entering the war and getting so many of their young men killed. Later that year, two revolutions brought the Russian Empire to its doom. The revolutions were later known as the February and October Revolution. (Thoughtco,
This war changed completely the map of Europe and lead to the collapse of the Russian Empire that was already in an ill-state. Russia entered the war with a huge army formed by forcing working class and farmers to join. Although the Russian army was humongous in number, the soldiers were poorly equipped or not properly trained to fight. Many of them were sent into battle without shoes, food, and even weapons. Over the next three years, nearly 2 million Russian soldiers were killed in battle and nearly another 5 million were injured. The people of Russia blamed the Tsar for entering the war and getting so many of their young men killed. Later that year, two revolutions brought the Russian Empire to its doom. The revolutions were later known as the February and October Revolution. (Thoughtco,