The downfall of the Romanov dynasty

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World War I not only had far reaching effects on Russia's society and economy, but it is also one of the most important factors in causing the downfall of the Romanov Dynasty. It was the war that reflected the weakness of the Titanic Russia and it was also the suffering of the war that pushed the Tsar's throne to the edge of the cliff. The 1905 revolution is the other storm that corrupted the Romanov Dynasty severely. Along as these two destructive causes, minor factor such as the poor leadership of the Tsar also encouraged the revolutionists to begin rebellions.

World War I wounded Russia severely. The Russians assumed it would be a short and victorious war, the Tsar even thought that the war could help to restore his authority. However, nothing did not go as predicted. Instead, WWI was an absolute disaster to Russia, which all Russia had brought home, was shame and terrible defeats. There were many reasons behind it. First of all, the preparation for war was poor. Not one soldier in the army was properly trained. Inexperienced, young officers and generals also led to the great defeat. Their bad commands and disgraceful planning had made the situation worse. The soldiers were poorly equipped, which of 10 soldiers,

A minor factor that also led the Romanov Dynasty to decline was the poor leadership of the Tsar. He was not a good decision maker, but instead a political naive. He was weak moral based. In the system of Autocrat, the Tsar was the only one with power and authority. If the Tsar did not put enough effort in maintaining his position and fulfilling his people's dream, it was likely that he would be over-throned. Nicolas II, who failed to understand his people, who failed to make political, economic and social reform, who even refused to accept advices, had lost respect and control of his people. He had got very few good advisers in the government, and closer to 1916, he had lost all of them - either left or assassinated. With little knowledge and no intelligence in operating such a huge empire which occupied 1/6 of the Earth's surface and more then 60 millions people, Nicolas II could never manage to do so. The decisions he made were sometimes very emotional and strange, and as an outcome, no one praised his leadership. All Russians preferred to have their own say rather then listening and working for one man, who was literally useless, so eventually, people began to gather up, as the few educated people led to revolve. Organisations such as the Liberals, who encouraged democracy; the Socialists, led by Lenin, tended to have a peasants' government, etc. they all began to grow. This also caused harm to the downfall of the Romanov Dynasty.

While WWI was causing the Romanov Dynasty's downfall, the 1905 revolution also played an important role. It all began with the Bloody Sunday. Many historians thought that this was the event that started the revolutions. On 9th of January, 1905, a huge procession of workers (about 60,000) headed by Fr. Capon, marched into the Palace Square, in order to deliver a petition to the Tsar, asking for their human rights and asking for better living. Below is a quote from the petition: "We have became beggars... but as slaves who must endure their bitter fate in silence... neither we (workers) nor the rest of the Russian people enjoy a single human right

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