Tsar Nicholas II Weakness
The February Revolution was succeeded by the October Revolution of the same calendar year, which placed the Bolshevik’s in control.
Tsar Nicholas II never wanted to be the ruler of 1/6 of the earth. He never had a desire for power and he never believed that his family, or Russia, would lose the monarchy. It was this nativity, which resulted in the collapse of the Russian monarchy and spending the last months of his life under house arrest as a political prisoner with an armed guard watching his every move far away from his home country. One of the major weaknesses of the Russian government was large amount of economic poverty that Nicholas allowed Russia to slip into. The amount of pressure coming from the modernizing world outside of …show more content…
However, Nicholas himself was a firm believer in autocracy and was not easily swayed by those who were close around him. His strong belief can be seen in a letter penned prior to his coronation where he stated, “I shall maintain the principal of autocracy just as firmly and unflinchingly as it was preserved by my unforgettable dead father Alexander III)” (Nicholas & Alexandra, Robert K. Massie ). In fact he was almost unmovable in his belief and it is this reason he was removed from power by the Bolsheviks in 1917. Whereas, his wife was easily influenced and swayed by her confident Rasputin due to her devout belief that he could heal her son. The fall of the Russian Empire was not the result of a single event or decision, but rather a complex convoluted web of factors. There is room to argue that political naiveté of the Tsar was the number one factor that led to flow of events leading up to the February revolution and ultimately his death. If he had been willing to adapt to the socio-economic changes and modernization of the time, the revolution could potentially have been avoided. Nicholas was a brace, loving family man and a devote patriot to his country. In many ways he was even a decent person. It’s unfortunate that such a person would become to historically insignificant in terms of achievements and comparisons to European
Tsar Nicholas II never wanted to be the ruler of 1/6 of the earth. He never had a desire for power and he never believed that his family, or Russia, would lose the monarchy. It was this nativity, which resulted in the collapse of the Russian monarchy and spending the last months of his life under house arrest as a political prisoner with an armed guard watching his every move far away from his home country. One of the major weaknesses of the Russian government was large amount of economic poverty that Nicholas allowed Russia to slip into. The amount of pressure coming from the modernizing world outside of …show more content…
However, Nicholas himself was a firm believer in autocracy and was not easily swayed by those who were close around him. His strong belief can be seen in a letter penned prior to his coronation where he stated, “I shall maintain the principal of autocracy just as firmly and unflinchingly as it was preserved by my unforgettable dead father Alexander III)” (Nicholas & Alexandra, Robert K. Massie ). In fact he was almost unmovable in his belief and it is this reason he was removed from power by the Bolsheviks in 1917. Whereas, his wife was easily influenced and swayed by her confident Rasputin due to her devout belief that he could heal her son. The fall of the Russian Empire was not the result of a single event or decision, but rather a complex convoluted web of factors. There is room to argue that political naiveté of the Tsar was the number one factor that led to flow of events leading up to the February revolution and ultimately his death. If he had been willing to adapt to the socio-economic changes and modernization of the time, the revolution could potentially have been avoided. Nicholas was a brace, loving family man and a devote patriot to his country. In many ways he was even a decent person. It’s unfortunate that such a person would become to historically insignificant in terms of achievements and comparisons to European