Nicholas II's Involvement In Russia During World War I

There were many strains as to being up under Stalin during the modernization periods. There was not only a major change during World War I, but this also caused the domestic policies to have a drastic effect. Many nations had unified with Russia during this time of tragedy within their entrance into the war. From what I have learned a source stated that, “military reversals and the government’s incompetence soon soured the attitude of much of the population. With German having control of both the Black Sea and German Ottoman Sea this caused Russia to not have their foreign supplies and potential markets.
Although, the Russians did prepare for the economic policies the tragedy caused a magnificent triumph on the country. This affected the …show more content…
By early 1917, the existing order in Russia verged on collapse. The country's involvement in World War I had already cost millions of lives and caused severe disruption in Russia's backward economy. In an effort to reverse the steadily worsening military situation, Emperor Nicholas II commanded Russian forces at the front, abandoning the conduct of government in Petrograd (St. Petersburg before 1914; Leningrad after 1924) to his unpopular wife and a series of incompetent ministers. As a consequence of these conditions, the morale of the people rapidly …show more content…
Petersburg Soviet of 1905. With the consent of the Petrograd Soviet, the Executive Committee of the Duma organized the Provisional Government on March 15. Delegates of the new government met Nicholas that evening at Pskov, where rebellious railroad workers had stopped the imperial train as the tsar attempted to return to the capital. Advised by his generals that he lacked the support of the country, Nicholas informed the delegates that he was abdicating in favor of his brother, Grand Duke Michael. When Michael in turn refused the throne on March 16 (March 3), the rule of tsars and emperors in Russia came to an