Tsar Nicholas II Research Paper
Which of the previous Tsars were most to blame for the problems inherited by Nicholas II when he ascended to the throne in 1894?
When Nicholas II ascended the throne in 1894 he wasn’t facing any single issue left by a single Tsar he was facing the culmination of the three previous rulers’ mistakes that they had left behind or inherited and made worse. However the biggest problems had arguably been left by Russia’s most “liberal” Tsar, Alexander I.
Nicholas I faced a multitude of problems when he ascended to the throne in 1825, first and foremost of all these was the Decembrist Revolution by Russian officers. Second was Russia’s crippling economic backwardness, and the slowly crumbling social systems of the old autocracy. Due to Nicholas the I Slavophil outlook on economics he had all but refused to modernise the Russian economy instead leaving it to sit stagnant whilst Western economies of Britain and France thundered ahead. This neglect of industry was keenly felt during the Crimean War where the allied forces of Britain and France thoroughly defeated and embarrassed the Tsars armies. The Russian army was terribly equipped, only capable of supplying 50% …show more content…
Not only this but there was terrible famines during the early 1890s, anti-Jewish pogroms and savage repression of other constituent nationalities cultures, most notably in Poland, the Ukraine and the Baltic states. Whilst Alexander III was successful in keeping Russia out of any wars during his time in power he sowed the seeds for a future one by entwining his nation’s fate with that of the Allied powers. And despite his obsession with the military, as Tsar he never managed to bridge the technological and material gap between the Russian military and the militaries of the Western and central European
When Nicholas II ascended the throne in 1894 he wasn’t facing any single issue left by a single Tsar he was facing the culmination of the three previous rulers’ mistakes that they had left behind or inherited and made worse. However the biggest problems had arguably been left by Russia’s most “liberal” Tsar, Alexander I.
Nicholas I faced a multitude of problems when he ascended to the throne in 1825, first and foremost of all these was the Decembrist Revolution by Russian officers. Second was Russia’s crippling economic backwardness, and the slowly crumbling social systems of the old autocracy. Due to Nicholas the I Slavophil outlook on economics he had all but refused to modernise the Russian economy instead leaving it to sit stagnant whilst Western economies of Britain and France thundered ahead. This neglect of industry was keenly felt during the Crimean War where the allied forces of Britain and France thoroughly defeated and embarrassed the Tsars armies. The Russian army was terribly equipped, only capable of supplying 50% …show more content…
Not only this but there was terrible famines during the early 1890s, anti-Jewish pogroms and savage repression of other constituent nationalities cultures, most notably in Poland, the Ukraine and the Baltic states. Whilst Alexander III was successful in keeping Russia out of any wars during his time in power he sowed the seeds for a future one by entwining his nation’s fate with that of the Allied powers. And despite his obsession with the military, as Tsar he never managed to bridge the technological and material gap between the Russian military and the militaries of the Western and central European