Russia in WW1
What were the effects of World War One on Russia up to but not including February 1917?From 1914 through to 1917 Tsar Nicholas II made himself very unpopular among his people. This was due in big part to the First World War. World War One acted like a catalyst, magnifying Russia's already bad problems. In 1914 Nicholas was very indecisive, this was because not expecting to be made Tsar so he had no training in decision making, diplomacy or how to rule. He showed this first on Bloody Sunday and again when world war one started. He ignored warnings of political danger and succumb to the pressures of the Duma. One of his first decisions upon entering the war was to order a partial mobilisation of troops against Austria; then when told by his generals that this was unworkable, he ordered general mobilisation. He then cancelled it and let it stand. A perfect example of how indecisive he was. The result of Nicholas' inability to make decisions was that Russia was thrown into a war it was not prepared for. The lack of equipment, transportation and training left the Russian troops poised for defeat at Tannenburg and almost everywhere else. The war badly effected the lives of people in Russia. It made the poor even po
The Russian public believed that the Tsarina was having an affair with Rasputin. There is no actual evidence other than the testimony of others to say Rasputin and the Tsarina were anything more than friends, but the people of Russia saw Rasputin as an intimidating force. The situation at home and on the frontlines eventually led to discontentment and depression across Russia. The poor quality of life was not only effecting the impoverished it was effecting the political parties, who sat in the Duma. Nicholas had to deal with the suspicion his wife was under. Temperatures there fell to 35 degrees below zero and people were so starved they held bread riots in an attempt to have food. Conscription also meant there were not enough people to cultivate the land and Russia's poor infra-structure meant they cud not transport food. People were having an even harder time buying food and paying for heat because of the taxes they had to pay to fund the war. Everything eventually came back to the Tsar. The Russian public believed the Tsarina to be untrustworthy because of her heritage. The factories in the cities were taking vital fuel that the people used to heat their homes. She was a German, she belonged to the country that many Russians had fought against and lost their lives to. Millions of male peasants were being conscripted so this left lots of jobs in the factories, jobs that the war had created by needing supplies for the frontline (guns, ammunition etc. However as morale fell Bolshevik anti-war propaganda had more effect.
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