Why did Tsar Nicholas II abdicate?
My essay was more along the lines of why the Romanov Dynasty fell but yeah pretty much exactly the same thing The unpopularity of WWI, the treatment of peasants, the failure to introduce effective reforms after the 1905 revolution and the actions of the Romanov’s, along with the revolutionary forces that were gaining power were the major causes of the Romanov’s downfall. Nicholas had not adjusted his country to the modern world, they were “An 18th century country living in a 20th century world”. The conditions the majority of the people in Russia lived under were terrible. 80% of the population was peasants/serfs and they were extremely poor. 1% of the population controlled over 25% of Russia’s wealth. The health conditions were terrible with only 50% of children surviving past the age of 5 and the average life expectancy was only 50 years old. Freedom was given to the peasants to buy their own land but redemption fee’s had to be paid for 49 years; an entire life span. This poor treatm
