Question by Emi: What were the events and reasons for the Tsar’s abdication?
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Answer by the_lipsiot
Well, he didn’t really have a lot of choice in the matter.
He took personal control of the war effort, which had caused a lot of deprivation as it developed into a war of attrition. This meant that domestic affairs were left to his wife, who was of German descent and therefore did not have the trust of the people. She was also heavily criticised for her reliance on Rasputin, of whom the people were also highly suspicious.
Events culminated in the February revolution when Nicholas was forced to abdicate………and the subsequent deterioration to the execution (murder?) of him and his family.
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flieder says
The Russian Revolution and a very unpopular war he was involved in.
Anime Lover says
Firstly, the population of Russian was not all Russians. Russians only made up 50% while other minority. Secondly, most of the Russians were serfs. They owed debts and lived in poor working conditions so they had nothing to lose when a revolution came. Thirdly, the Tsar had a secret police called the Okhrana which removed political opposition to the Tsar. Fourthly, the Tsar was a bad leader and led his troops to defeat in the World War 1. While he could blame his generals when he was not leading, he could not hide the responsibilty when he led. Gemany was one of Russia's enemies and his queen was of German descent. She introduced Rasputin into the court which made her even more hated.Fifthly, the Bloody Sunday incident has cause him to lost more support. Serfs marched to tell the Tsar about their problems but were shot by troops. A peaceful movement made bloody. The sixth reason was that he was rather isolated with the nobles of Russian and therefor did not know about the plight of the Russian serfs and therefore did not carry out appropriate reforms. The seven reason was the February Revolution. People protested when the bakery ran out of bread. The people who did not had their bread protested and troops were sent in. The troops however did not stop the protest and even joined the protestors. Tsar Nicholas realised the seriousness of the protest and abdicated.
blessed_thang says
As I understand, according to Tolstoy, the army received no reward for smothering Napoleon, seeding the cause of the king losing his grip. The people expected change, the nobles expected status quo. The king set up the secret spy network that was overbearing.