It was said by many people that it would have been hard to find a less suited person to the role of Tsar than Nicholas. He was very devoted to his family and wife, but Russia needed someone more than just a good family man. The Tsar employed many advisors that were to play key roles in his time at the helm of the ship, "Mother Russia." His reliance on his "crew" was what perhaps helped cause his demise, and as time went on his lack of control resulted in a mutiny of the ship's crew.

One of these advisors or ministers was Stolypin. Stolypin implemented important changes in the countryside. He wanted to prevent another revolution carried out by peasants and he wanted to turn Russia into modern industrial country. For this to happen Russia would have to be more efficient in producing the extra food for the increasing numbers of industrial workers. In 1906 he introduced measures which allowed peasants to leave the Mir. Stoly

When riots broke out in Petrograd in the beginning of March, Nicholas instructed the generals to take firm measures and sent troops to help restore order. It was too late. The government resigned, and the Duma, supported by the army, called on the Tsar to abdicate. On March 15, Nicholas renounced the throne, not, as he had originally intended, in favour of his son, Alexi, but in favour of his brother the Grand Duke Michael, who, however, refused the crown. By agreement between the Petrograd Soviet and the Duma, the Provisional Government was formed, headed by Prince Lvov, who was chairman of the Zemstvo, and consisting mainly of Kadets and Octobrists, though Kerensky from the Petrograd Soviet soon joined.

In 1914, the Great War broke out in Europe. This was to be the beginning of more tough times for Russia. Troop loses on the front were at disastrous levels and even young boys were being conscripted to join the force. By 1916 over ten million casualties had been recorded. In August 1915 Nicholas announced that he was taking personal command of the army and moved to the outskirts of the Russian territory, where he remained until the revolution. During the next few months he dismissed all eight ministers who had supported the Progressive Bloc. Cut off from the capital city, Nicholas found it increasingly difficult to play the coordinating role that was so vital, while he still insisted that he was autocrat. From afar he ordained frequent pointless ministers, partly under the influence of his wife and Rasputin, another of the ruler's ministers. Rasputin was literally a wandering priest. He had an ability to heal Nicholas and Alexandra's son, who suffered from haemophilia, and it was from this ability he gained a great deal of power within the monarchy. Even loyal monarchists despaired of the situation, and in De

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