The Romanov family, a great and prestigious lineage, ruled over Russia from 1613 to 1917. Although it had, in the past, overcome all types of dilemmas, the Romanov family was to fall, at last, in 1917 with the resignation of Tsar Nicholas the Second.
After the Russo-Japanese war of 1905, the Russian army was severely weakened and, as a result, the Russian government was forced to endure the restraints of a cautious foreign policy. As it was necessary for the Russian army to rebuild itself before Russia could again be considered as great a power as it had been, most of Russia's efforts had to concentrated within the country. For assistance in rebuilding its power, Russia received loans from France, which strengthened their alliance.
After having been defeated in the Russo-Japanese war, Russia no longer had much influence in East Asia and therefore turned its efforts to the Balkan states where an unstable situation was developing with the weakening of the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Empire. The Russian foreign minister, Aleksandr Petrovich Izvolsky, failed to consummate a deal with Austria over the control of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This resulted in Austria taking control of those
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Petersburg soviet and the Duma formed the Provisional Government. This brutal murder was very popular in the public eye and many rumours surfaced about whether or not any of the Romanov family members had survived. two Balkan states; this national humiliation caused Ivolsky to resign. That, combined with the food shortage, caused a huge rise in inflation which workers' wages could not keep up to. But, in accordance with the beliefs of the time, Russia decided in favour of the war in hopes that their power would be extended and solidified in the Balkans. The Romanovs and a few servants were led into a basement under the pretense of having their picture taken: instead, they were lined up and shot execution-style by eleven guards who then took the bodies and burned them. In retaliation to these strikes, the government arrested all members of a group affiliated with these strikes, the Central War Industries Committee. This change created a great rise in power of the Duma which wished the monarchy to be more in tune with the needs of the populace. The social organization of Russia diversified so as to account for the changes brought about by war and this developed a new sense of purpose for the Russian people. Despite these shortcomings, however, Nicholas improved the situation in the west and managed to stabilize the Baltic and Polish fronts.
Because Russia had, for a long time, had a policy of protecting its Slavic ‘brothers', the Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand in June of 1914 and the ensuing demand by Austria of Serbia put Russia in a difficult situation.
In February of 1917 the revolution began, at first in the food lines of Moscow, but it spread rapidly and found a catalyst when government troops refused to quell the uprising.
By taking command, Nicholas was forced to leave Moscow so as to be closer to the Western front with Germany. Tsar Nicholas did not entertain these views, however, and decided that the best way to deal with the war was to take command of the Russian armies himself.
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