Tsar Nicholas 2nd strength and weaknesses Flashcards
Strengths
- Peasant’s love for tsar
- Romanov 300th anniversary
- Church
- Government + Army
- Okrana
Peasent’s love for Tsar
They loved him like a father but this ideology was shattered in ST Petersburg 1905, Bloody Sunday
Romanov Dynasty 300th Anniversary
It has ruled since 1613 and its 300th celebration brought wave of population towards tsar
Church
Was powerful and supported the government
Government + Army
Controlled by nobles and supported the government which used the cossacks to put down protests
Okrana
Secret police and press censorship had worked to a degree
Weaknesses
- Japan war defeat
- Diverse people
- Vast Russia
- Out of date farming economy
- Industrializing
- Nicholas the autocrat (1905)
- Opposition to government
War deafeat
Russia’s humiliation against Japan in war 1904
Diverse people
Russia is very diverse with many nationalities, religions, and languages. and the only thing bringing them together was romanov dynasty
Vast Russia
125M people spread out across Europe and Russia, made government more difficult b/c bad communication, roads, and few railings
Out of fate farming economy
Most of the population were peasants who lived in the country and are under the control of nobles
Russia Industrializing
Towns/ Factories starting to grow causing poverty and poor living conditions
Nicholas was an autocrat 1905
Forced to sign Duma (parliament) which had no power, Tsar dismissed them if they disagreed with him.
He carried out everything alone without even a secretary = weak tsar and he failed to act in crisis of 1917
Opposition to government
From social revolutionaries (wanted a peasant revolution), communists, who were divided into moderate menshviks and extrmist bolshvicks
After 1900 many assassinations + protests occured (bloody sunday, murder of prime minister stolypin 1911)
