Nicolas Romanov's Effective Ruler

Nicolas Romanov was not at all a very effective or strong leader. Above anything, he did not do anything to help the peasants who took up 84 percent of the country, and barely ever had enough food for the family. The peasant population was constantly increasing and Nicholas did nothing to help it. Another poor quality is that he secretly supplied the Black Hundred with weapons, used to eliminate anyone again the autocracy. Because he became so against the idea of the Duma, he became a much less caring ruler.
In May of of 1896, Nicholas Romanov was going to be crowned the new tsar of Russia. Because Nicholas’ father, Alexander, was a very stern leader, and Nicholas was known to be much more reserved, his coronation was a major deal to everyone in Russia. Thousands of people came from across the country to be there, and be given the gifts and beer they’d been expecting. However, a rumor began very
They believed he was a messenger of God and a healer. Empress Alexandra especially believed in him. After being told she was pregnant, she decided that from that point on, she’d “blindly throw open the palace doors to any stranger who claimed to have holy powers” (Fleming, 53). This made it very easy for Rasputin to become close to her. He then began to take advantage of that, continuing to give himself a bigger role in Russia and the royal family.
When a protest started on International Women’s Day at the Winter Palace in 1917, the Cossacks were set standing guard. Along with the numerous women that showed up, thousands of male workers joined them. They continued to strike calling for an end to the war. The Cossack Guards were supposed to fire, but most decided not to. They showed sympathy toward the crowd rather than listening to the tsar. This was turning point because more and more people, including Russian Soldiers, were beginning to fall away from the idea of Russian