Michael Garner Assess the view that the First World War was the main cause of the collapse of Romanov rule There were many reasons why the Romanov rule fell in the year 1917. I personally believe that the war was a major reason which led to the Tsar to abdicate but I also believe there are many other reasons which led to the Tsar to abdicate. I believe that one of the main reasons for the Tsar’s abdication and the collapse of the Romanov rule was the poor state which Russia was in. Russia’s
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severe. Food shortages got worse. The army abandoned the Tsar. On 8 March 1917‚ there were riots in Petrograd about the food shortages and the war. There was famine in the cities. The Tsar left the Tsarina in charge. She was incompetent (she let Rasputin run the government)‚ and (because she was a German) rumours circulated that she was trying to help Germany to win and others that he had an affair with Raspution so by February 1917 the government was in chaos. The army abandoned the Tsar. On 8 March
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army and bureaucracy to hold up his regime. Nicholas II was further cut off when Grigory Rasputin started to influence his wife‚ Alexandra • Alexandra made all of the important decisions after consulting with Rasputin. • Rasputin often interfered with government affairs • Russian people grew more and more upset with the czarist regime after series of military and economic disasters. They assassinated Rasputin in December 1916. • February (March) Revolution: working-class women led a series of strikes
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To what extent was the Revolution of February/March 1917‚ in Russia‚ due to the nature of Tsarism and the policies of Nicholas II (1894-1917)? The February/March Revolution of 1917 was predominantly caused by the nature of Tsarism and the policies of Nicholas II. The Romanov dynasty had reigned for several centuries as an absolute monarch‚ with the Tsar being the supreme autocratic ruler. It had created a dramatic division in Russian society‚ and when Nicholas II came to power‚ no ruler was so
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Why were the Bolsheviks able to seize power in 1917? In this essay I will analyse a combination of reasons on how the Bolsheviks came to power and discuss events such as the February and October revolutions‚ the fall of the Tsarist rule and the Provisional government. In 1900 Russia was a great empire ruled by the Tsar Nicholas II. He was an autocrat‚ this meant there was no parliament to limit his power alongside his own secret police; the okhrana‚ they would censor all books and newspapers. During
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to anything his wife would order‚ and she played a big role in persuading him to resist if democracy would begin in Russia‚ because he was devoted to his wife. Later problems came to this‚ because Rasputin cured her son‚ which meant that she liked Rasputin and therefore caused Nicholas to trust Rasputin even more‚ furthermore causing problems. In 1905 a Russian crowd of demonstrators assembled themselves on the Winter palace in St. Petersburg‚ asking Nicholas liberalization and
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Nicholas II came to the throne during an arduous time in Russian history. It was a combination of factors‚ including his political ineptitude that led to the fall of the Romanov dynasty and eventually cost Nicholas II‚ the Tsarina Alexandra and their five children their lives. Russia was late in modernising‚ partly due to the Tsar?s lack of reforms‚ and was behind Britain‚ France and the United States. Russia was also slow to emerge from feudalism‚ and was undergoing difficulty as industrial and
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How significant was the impact of WW1 in causing the February 1917 revolution? On the 27th of February 1917‚ Nicholas II received a telegraph. Rodzianko‚ the President of the Duma‚ was trying to urge him into action‚ stating “any procrastination is fatal”‚ the situation was moving into “a state of anarchy” and “the government is paralysed”. The grave circumstances included a break-down in the transportation system and the supply of necessities‚ fuel and food. Sporadic firing plagued the streets
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Long and short-term causes that contributed to the 1917 Revolution By early 1917‚ the existing order in Russia was on the verge of collapse. The spark to the events that ended tsarist rule was ignited on the streets of Petrograd in March 1917. Driven by shortages of food and fuel‚ crowds of hungry citizens and striking workers began spontaneous rioting and demonstrations. The Rominov dynasty was to end after 304 years‚ bought down by the March 1917 revolution. There were many long term causes such
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of the fall of the Romanov dynasty in 1917 was a result of long-term causes including Tsar Alexander’s inability to satisfy his people and Tsar Nicholas II’s inability to rule to throne all together. The Bloody Sunday event‚ the war with Germany‚ Rasputin and Tsars bad decisions was also some of the causes which led the Romanovs to fall. It all began in 1894 when Alexander III‚ died leaving his son Nicholas II to become the tsar of Russia at the age of 26. Nicholas was married to Alexander the princess
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