Tsar Nicholas Popular discontent

Question 1

Okhrana report in January 1917:

Answer 1

warned of “widespread discontent due to food shortages and rising prices”

Question 2

Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich warned in 1916 that:

Answer 2

“the influence of Rasputin is destroying the prestige of the monarchy.”

Question 3

soldiers’ letters lamenting:

Answer 3

“We are dying for nothing, while the Tsar and his generals sit in comfort.”

Question 4

Petrograd Soviet report in February 1917 stated that:

Answer 4

“the people are starving, and the Tsar does nothing.”

Question 5

Paul Milyukov’s 1916 Duma speech:

Answer 5

accused the government of “stupidity or treason”

Question 6

Petrograd City Duma report in January 1917 stated that:

Answer 6

“the city is on the brink of starvation due to the collapse of the transport system.”

Question 7

Factory workers diary entry from February 1917 stated:

Answer 7

“We have no bread, no work, and no hope. We must take to the streets.”