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The idea that anything Nicholas II could have done to change the
course of history would be wishful thinking. Russia before 1917 was
the largest country in the world. In economic terms it was backward as
it was late industrializing and late to emerge from feudalism. In
political terms it was also backward, with no legal political parties or
Nicholas was brought up by his father Alexander III who didn’t believe
his son had the intelligence and therefore neglected to educate him in
the business of running the country. The fact that his father died at the
age of 49 and thought he had many more years to rule also contributed
to Alexander’s poor preparation to rule.
At 29 Nicholas assumed the throne, marrying the granddaughter of
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when he became tsar. Both
lacked any ability for their positions in leading a country. In the midst of democratic and social change
occurring throughout Europe, Russia was bound to explode in
revolution.
Over the following years the reign of Nicholas II and Alexandria
became so estranged from the ruling circle that a palace coup was being
openly advocated.
In the early years of the twentieth century the Russian economy fell into
a depression, this aroused extensive urban and rural unrest, partly due
to the unrest the government and Czar led Russia into a war with
Japan.
They went with the hopes of presenting the tsar with a petition
demanding a series of measures to improve the lot of workers. She took the name
Alexandra and proceeded to dominate Nicholas in his decisions on state
matters. He tried to meet the peoples demands by introducing the
October Manifesto of 1905, which tried to establish civil liberties in the
form of freedom of speech, assembly, association and creating a
semi-popularly elected legislative body, the Duma. On March 15 Czar Nicholas II abdicated his
Empire to the emissaries of the Duma. On March 7,
1917 major demonstrations broke out in Petrograd. Their relationship though not the sole reason for the downfall
of the Romanov dynasty could be considered one of the causes. After two days of
heavy rioting, the soldiers called into to control the mob instead joined
the demonstrators. From that night on Nicholas had sealed the fate of
the dynasty. The large crowds bearing icons
and pictures of the tsar marched to the winter palace in St.
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