Tsar Nicholas II Research Paper

Nicholas II was known, not only for being the Emperor of Russia but also for his character and personality which undoubtably led him to his own downfall. Nicholas was often referred to as not being ready to become Tsar as well as being a weak leader. Firstly, Nicholas II himself, amongst a very large proportion of Russian society, believed that he was not prepared to be coronated Emperor. Nicholas himself stated “What is going to happen to me and all of Russia? I am not prepared to be a Tsar. I never wanted to become one. I know nothing of the business of ruling.”. (Russian Revolution Quotations 2015). Nicholas was aware of what he was getting himself into and that he was not prepared for such a role. This is further corroborated by the

“The power still has to be snatched from the hands of the old rulers and handed over to the revolution. That is the fundamental task. A general strike only creates the necessary preconditions; it is quite inadequate for achieving the task itself”(Trotsky). The ineffectiveness of the strikes can be found in the fact that in nearly every occasion the soldiers were ordered to shoot on the crowd, stopping the revolts and leaving the tsar as obnoxious to the situation as before. Also the peasants in the countryside suffered land-hunger due to the growth of population caused by the decreased of mortality rates. Backwardness was also caused by the “open field system”, which didn’t motivate the peasants to improve their machinery or seeding methods since their land would be taken away from them and redistributed when a member of the community died. Nicholas II was a weak, indecisive and obstinate ruler who, being very conservative and reactionary, used extensively the secret police (“Third Section”) and the army to suppress uprisings and political enemies. He alienated the intelligentsia and angered the liberals with his lack of political participation and exaggerated reliance on the Fundamental laws, which said that the tsar was appointed by god and was rightfully in charge of the country. As a response, the liberals initiated a banquet campaign that started in November 1904, and ended in January 1905 with the aim of making the tsar give

The privileged nobles, who possessed land and serfs, supported his autocratic rule. The main theme of the Russian history in the 19th century is that the non-nobles who detested the Czarist government asked for an improvement in their disconsolate and deprived life. When the Czarist government ignored this matter they revolted for the first time in 1905 and than for the second time in 1917 by which the Czarist government was finally overthrown. Hungry strikers on March 8, 1917 mobbed the streets of Petrograd, their demand was bread. In order to appease the misery of his people Czar Nicholas II resigned his throne to his brother, Michael. His brother knew that everyone hated Czardom so he rejected the throne on March 15. The Provisional Government than took over and Czardom after ruling Russia for three centuries came to an end.

This downfall came due to the amount of soldier and horses being placed into the war leaving the peasants at home with a loss of man power to continue a, "standard of living"( Causes of the Russian Revolution 2). Due to the decrease in man power, and materials to use at the home front, prices increased and a hunger endemic began. With hunger increasing and inflation of prices continuing strikes began, which eventually stopped transportation. When the transportation stopped supplies and food did not get to the soldiers at war decreasing the amount of people who believed in the czar. The goal of the peasants of the Russian Revolution of 1917, was to gain a new leader and for their voices to be heard. In March 1917, a riot of peasants, and soldiers stormed the streets with the support of the Duma, a group of government officials, forcing Nicolas II out of power.

In 1917, Tsar Nicholas ll is the current ruler of Russia. Russia’s economic growth is increased by the czar’s reforms of the production of more factories. Since, Russia desperately needed to keep up with the rest of Europe’s industry. This reform worked out perfectly, but the working conditions of these factories didn’t please factory workers. After the events of the Russo-Japenese War, “Bloody Sunday”, and WW1, all of Russia was in utter chaos under the czar’s ghastly leadership. With no signs of the czar’s attempt to solve the problems that kept coming up, all of Russia banded together and filled the streets with strikes and riots. A revolution was peaking among the peasants. The uprising brought Nicholas ll no choice but to abdicate

The State Dumas were an elected legislative body that were to serve as a lower parliament. They were started by Tsar Nicholas II under the October Manifesto, a document written after the increasing pressure of the 1905 Revolution, this document promised more civil liberties, and the introduction of a duma, under the influence of Sergei Witte, the chief minister. The four dumas ran between April 1906 and February 1917 and Nicholas II opposed a duma from the start, and most decisions came to the Tsar and his council. Even though not much came of the dumas, they were still important and a change in the way how Russia was run.

The problem of what to do with the Romanovs was a topic that affected both the provisional government and the Bolsheviks

The Romanov Dynasty held the Russian Empire as one of the most powerful European states for over three centuries. In 1917, during Nicholas II’s opposed reign, a revolution began that transformed the empire into the first ever communist nation, replacing the infamous autocratic rule and introducing the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic. It was a combination of factors which lead to the eventual fall of the Romanovs. Tsar Nicholas came to the throne during an arduous time in Russian history and his inability to rule effectively was a significant factor contributing to the end of the Romanov Dynasty. The Russo – Japanese war in 1905, and the Great War in 1914, also had profound impacts on Russian society, and were key factors contributing to

Children were starving and dying due to a lack of food and mothers grew furious. The women were tired of waiting in lines for almost a whole day just for the smallest portion of bread. March 8, 1917 marked the first day of a riot led by women. Soon, it became known as the February Revolution. Because of the use of the Julian Calendar in Russia, many people who used the Gregorian Calendar referred to the riot as the February Revolution. Around 100,000 people, mostly women, waited in the downtown areas of Petrograd (modern day St. Petersburg) in Russia. When the Czar Nicholas II demanded that his troops fire at the protestors, everything went downhill. His soldiers abandoned his commands and instead joined the protesters because the women were their mothers, sisters, aunts, etc. This riot to end Russia’s low food supply eventually evolved into the Russian

I’m doing my report on Ivan the Terrible. Ivan Vasiljevich the Terrible was born in 1530 and died in 1584. He was the son of the Grand Duke Vasili III. His mother Helena Glinsky was the daughter of a Luthuanian refugee who had found asylum in Russia. She was young, vivacious, intelligent, and beautiful. Vasili had married her after he tried to have an heir for 20 years with his first wife Salome.

Anastasia Nickolaevna Romanova, was the last Grand Duchess of Russia. She was born unto Nicholas II Tsar of Russia and Alexandra Feodorovna on June 18, 1901, in Petergof, Russia. She had four siblings: three older sisters named Olga, Tatiana, and Maria, and a younger brother Named Alexei. Alexei was never in very good shape, he had hemophilia, and after he injured himself the only one who could ever make him feel better was Father Grigory(Rasputin). They lived in Tsarskeo Palace. While she was Younger she was taught spelling and prayers by her mother. As she grew older she was taught by many tutors. Anastasia was a very active and adventurous child. She would rather climb a tree than go to a ball. She loved to write short little skits

However, in-part due to the shrewd negotiating skills of the Russian delegate, Sergei Witte, the Japanese were unable to secure all of their interests during the Treaty of Portsmouth.

fall of Czar Nicholas II. The next major event that occurred in 1905 was the mutiny on the Russian battleship Potemkin. The sailors on the ship were already leading a life of servitude, backbreaking work and little if much food to eat. On June 27, 1905 the enlisted men not willing to be abused anymore and after being served maggot invested rancid meat mutinied against the officers of the ship. After taking control of the ship the men would pilot the ship for eleven days as they sailed from port to port in an attempt to find safe harbor. This mutiny soon spread out to other army and navy units and by October 1905 more and more Russian workers were taking up the flag of revolution and going on strike against the repressive rule of Czar Nicholas

During the 1905 revolution, 400,000 peasants went on strike. The February revolution also had the soldiers on its side- one of the main reasons why the 1905 revolution was not a success, was that soldiers were ordered to shoot at the civilians (such as during Bloody Sunday, the spark of the 1905 revolution, during which shots were fired at peaceful protesters) while during the February Revolution the soldiers refused to shoot at the protesting crowds and eventually joined in the protests against the Tsar, whose support was fastly eroding. Officers were beaten up and even killed and therefore Nicholas II lost control of the army. This is extremely significant as with the soldiers battling against oppressive autocracy, there was a small line of defense for the Tsar and opposition to the Revolution could be taken out easily (such as police). With the majority of people against the Tsar, united in their battle, their chances of success

Tsar After 1905 It would be true to say that the Tsar remained unscathed after 1905, as he remained on the throne until 1917. However, it would also be true to say that the Tsar was permanently damaged by the 1905 revolution. Before 1905, there was much unrest and discontent. Famines in 1897, 1898 and 1901, made the already struggling countryside even worse, and the usually loyal peasantry held uprisings in two provinces in 1902. The Russo-Japanese war caused further unrest following a series of defeats, including that of Port Arthur.