The Fall of Czar Nicholas' Government in Russia
At their height, no government imagines its downfall, although it is a sad truth when looking back at history. Governments could corrupt as easily as a naïve child, and so downfall of even the mightiest governments eventually occurs. Corruption is common in collapsed governments, whether it be for monetary reasons, or purely bad leaders, it occurred on a regular basis with most governments that had collapsed. But some factors of a collapsing government has nothing to do with corruptions, but rather a death of a ruler, a defeat in a war (or multiple wars), or even an uprising of the people could collapse a strong government. When a government does collapse, not only does the political system change, but also economic and social changes occur as well. Two cases in which the economic, political, and social systems after the fall of a government were the collapse of Czar Nicholas II’s government, which led to the creation of the U.S.S.R, and the fall of Reza Pahlavi’s government, which led to the creation of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Both had certain historical circumstances that led to their collapse, and many different changes that occurred as a result of the collapse. When Czar Nicholas II came into power in 1894, he continued the autocratic rule that Russia had in place for more than three decades. To help Russia catch up with the rest of the world, Czar Nicholas II attempted to industrialize Russia. He helped create more factories and increased the production of steel. Although these changes helped Russia in terms of industrialization, new problems occurred, such as horrible working conditions, low wages, and child labor. Trade unions were banned by the government, which angered the working class even more, and helped with the growth of the revolutionary movement. With many problems coming up for those in the middle class, a revolutionary group was created, a mist the many other revolutionary groups created at this time, that followed the teachings of Karl