Background to Revolution * Russia had no competent military leaders: Czar Nicholas II insisted on taking charge of the armed forces despite his lack of training * Also‚ Russian industry was unable to produce the weapons needed for the army * Between 1914 and 1916‚ two million soldiers were killed‚ and another four to six million wounded or captures. By 1917 the Russians will to fight was gone * Beginnings of Upheaval * Czar Nicholas II was an autocratic ruler who relied
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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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Lakes. Also in 1915‚ Germany turned completely against Russia and launched a series of offensives against the Russian army. By the end of 1915‚ the Russian forces had been completely driven out of Russian Poland. The Russians were beaten and large areas of Russian territory were overrun. In 1916‚ the Russians won against the Austrians and regained some territory but the German army attacked Russia in support of their Austrian ally and defeated Russia again. The effort and cost of the war meant terrible
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Romanov Dynasty has been contended debated. Russia’s lack of resources and preparation can be seen to attribute to the fall of the dynasty as lack of items such as bread and coal ked to contention amongst Russia’s people. Also contributing was Tsar Nicholas II’s lack of military experience and ability to use military force to crush the civilian protests that were occurring in Petrograd‚ Russia’s capital city. The generals of the military along with the Duma used the protests to their advantage to force
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Arguably the most important of these reasons was the incompetent leadership of the Tsar‚ Nicholas II‚ but there were other factors‚ such as the poverty among the peasants‚ the frustration at lack of political power in the autocracy‚ and also the impact of the Russo-Japanese war. As mentioned‚ the most important reason for the outbreak of revolution in 1905 was the poor and incompetent rule of Tsar Nicholas II. The Tsar was viewed as a very weak man‚ only 5’7” tall and shy in character‚ lacking the
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make a personal appeal to Nicholas II. He drew up a petition outlining the workers’ sufferings and demands. This included calling for a reduction in the working day to eight hours‚ an increase in wages‚ an improvement in working conditions and an end to the Russo-Japanese War. (1) Felix Yusupov wrote about his views on the Russo-Japanese War in his autobiography published in 1953. The war with Japan‚ one of the most terrible blunders made during the reign of Nicholas II‚ had disastrous consequences
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The Decline and Fall of the Romanov Dynasty It can be argued that Grigory Rasputin was responsible for the fall of the Romanov Dynasty to an extent. There are many aspects that Rasputin was the cause for Nicholas and his family losing their powers over the people of Russia. It is believed that Rasputin was only the catalyst that brought about widespread revolt. Rasputin played a very important role in the lives of the royal family‚ especially to the Tsar and Tsarina’s only son ‚ Tsarevich Alexei
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government acts and behaves? Like the American revolution‚ the communist coup in China and‚ the February and October Revolutions in Russia. The February revolution which made way for the October revolution in the then Russian empire‚ was all about getting rid of the monarchist Tsars (the title of the current emperor of Russia before the revolutions of 1917) that ruled over Russia who frustrated and starved the people and made way for the October revolution that came later in the same year of 1917. But why
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Did you ever wonder what brought about the Russian Revolution in the year 1917? Grigori Efimovich Rasputin and his actions were one of the main causes of the Revolution that ended the Romanov Dynasty. He was born on January 23‚ 1872 in Pokrovskoye‚ Siberia to Anna Egorovna and Efim Akovlevich Rasputin. At the age of eighteen‚ Rasputin claimed that he was visited by the Holy Virgin of Kazan. He then became convinced that God had chosen him for a special purpose that he would find out later in his
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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 of Germany which they had 5 children‚ 4 girls and a boy. The only son Alexis was born with hemophilia. Russia was a huge country
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