Reasons for the abdication of Nicholas II

Question 1

What are the main reasons why Tsardom fell? (7)

Answer 1

-1905 revolution
-WW1
-Breakdown of duma relations
-Weak economy +army
-social conditions- heavy striking
-autocracy not realistic.
-opposition

Question 2

What were social conditions like at the end of 1916?

Answer 2

-Increase in inflation
-munitions crisis
-rationing due to scarce goods

Question 3

What percentage did inflation grow under Nicholas?

Answer 3

-by 200%

Question 4

What did rapid inflation under Nicholas cause?

Answer 4

-Strikes in Moscow and Petrograd.

Question 5

By 1914, how many workers on strike compared to 1916?

Answer 5

increase of 870,000

Question 6

What did the economic unrest and the war cause in rural areas?

Answer 6

-young male peasants conscripted which led to a decrease in the workforce.
-peasant prices so low that they wouldn’t sell grain.

Question 7

Why did inflation continue growing under Nicholas?

Answer 7

-Falling value of money.

Question 8

What did the Tsar do about the unrest of 1917?

Answer 8

-practically nothing
-believed it would work itself out like the 1905 revolution and the subsequent October manifesto.

Question 9

On what date did the government say that there would be grain rationing and what did this lead to?

Answer 9

-March 1st 1917
-panic buying and more strikes

Question 10

How many Russians died in WW1?

Answer 10

1.8M military, 1.5M civilians