In 1917, Tsar Nicholas the second abdicated from the Russian throne. This was because the Russian people had had enough of his autocratic ways. Nicholas was mainly responsible for his own downfall in 1917 but he was not wholly to blame for what happened. He was not brought up with any guidance of being a Tsar, or how to run a country. He admitted in a report that he was not prepared to be Tsar, and he never wanted to be one. He had no idea of ruling or how to talk to his ministers. He was expected to run a country without any help or experience to guide him. The only thing he did realise was that he had to keep his family in power. As they had been for so many years. He admired autocracy and decided to become an Autocratic leader. His first steps, as Tsar was to build up the Russian railway system into a greater system than it was. He also tried to bring Tsarism back to Russia. He did this by forming a prosperous class of peasants who would support the ideas of Tsarism. The first event that affected his situation was the First World War.
The War against Germany and Austria Hungary was not a cause that could be blamed upon the Tsar. He was forced to go and help Serbia once the Germans had declared war upon them, because Russia had an alliance with Serbia. The Russians did terribly during the war, because they were a financially poor country. They also had a very weak social economy, which meant that there was very little money to fund the expenses of the war. The lack of money meant that only 1 in 3 soldiers would have a rifle, and then they would only have three bullets to fire. The war lead to Russia suffering heavy defeats to the Germans, these defeats contained many deaths, and the men's morale was very low. The effects of the war were beginning to show upon the Russian people, and there was a lot of peasant unrest. They feared the worse for their country and did not want to come under German rule. Nicholas' main reason for not wanting to go to war was because he would be fighting family. His family took the shape of the German emperor Kaiser Wilhelm. The Kaiser would not forgive the Serbs for assassinating the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and insisted that the two countries went to war. This left Nicholas no choice but to side with Serbia because of the alliance between the two countries.
The War against Germany and Austria Hungary was not a cause that could be blamed upon the Tsar. He was forced to go and help Serbia once the Germans had declared war upon them, because Russia had an alliance with Serbia. The Russians did terribly during the war, because they were a financially poor country. They also had a very weak social economy, which meant that there was very little money to fund the expenses of the war. The lack of money meant that only 1 in 3 soldiers would have a rifle, and then they would only have three bullets to fire. The war lead to Russia suffering heavy defeats to the Germans, these defeats contained many deaths, and the men's morale was very low. The effects of the war were beginning to show upon the Russian people, and there was a lot of peasant unrest. They feared the worse for their country and did not want to come under German rule. Nicholas' main reason for not wanting to go to war was because he would be fighting family. His family took the shape of the German emperor Kaiser Wilhelm. The Kaiser would not forgive the Serbs for assassinating the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and insisted that the two countries went to war. This left Nicholas no choice but to side with Serbia because of the alliance between the two countries.
