What brought the czarist monachary to collapse?

Answer 1

Nicholas II, Czar of Russia, was an Absolute Monarch: Ministers were appointed and removed at his whim; the parliament was nothing more than a tool for his own purposes. In short Nicholas II was inflexible, autocratic, and intolerant of the opinions of others.

There were a number of factors that brought the Czarist regime to an end. We can mention only some of them

1. the 1905 defeat at the hands of Japan. The first time an Asian power had smashed a European one. This revealed a) Russian military power was vulnerable b) that cracks had begun to appear in the system

2. the massacre of peaceful petitioners on 'BLOODY SUNDAY' 1905 outside the Winter Palace. This group of people led by Father Gapon attempted to present a petition to the Czar regarding social injustices. They were fired on by the Czarist Guards. Around 96 people were killed. The EFFECT was to undermine once more, confidence in the monarchy throughout Russia.

3. A series of STRIKES took place in 1904. These were highly significant because they were in the major factories which produced arms for the forthcoming war with Japan. Again this was a measure of the growing discontent.

There were other factors such as the role of Rasputin, the suspicion that the Tsar's wife was a German spy and so on. In short cracks were appearing in the regime before the FINAL CURTAIN.

The most significant event was THE ENTRY OF RUSSIA INTO WORLD WAR ONE. The army was undersupplied and incompetently led. They suffered one catastrophe after another. Once the Czar had assumed absolute command of the Russian forces, and they were smashed to pieces, the veneration of the Czar as God's annointed evaporated. Now he was blamed for every failure.

The rise of Bolshevism and the victory over the supporters of the Czar ensured that Czarism in Russia was finished.

Some scholars, however, feel that Mr Putin is a Czar in modern guise.