Czar Nicholas II: The Fall Of The Tsar Of Russia

The Romanov Empire had reign the Russian Empire for about 300 years before Nicholas II became the monarch. Unfortunately, the new Tsar of Russia was also advised by Konstantin Pobedonostsev, who promoted autocracy, condemned elections, representation and democracy, the jury system, the press, free education, charities, and social reforms; an outdated ideology by the turn of the twentieth century. Although Nicholas II possessed some skills that would have been advantageous as the leader but, overall he was not suitable to be the Tsar of Russia. Even though Czar Nicholas II implemented limited reform that were beneficial for the empire; there were more fiascos during his reign thus lies the collapse of the Romanov Empire on his political skill,

The Minister of Finance was Sergei Witte was conscious of the inadequate conditions the people of Russia lived under. As previously stated, there was an agricultural deficit and industrially, Russia was one of the “lowest among European nations and poor transportation and communication caused delays that hurt the economy.” Witte understood that Russia’s industrialization was vital; during Nicholas II’s reign he came up with a number of reforms such as protective tariffs on foreign goods, foreign investments, and also managed to put the Russian currency on the gold standard. Regrettably, the low wages, the high taxes and the agricultural deficit caused an immense opposition towards the

During the Revolution of 1905, he ordered the mass execution of over 100 and arrested several more rebels. Also, he focused on an agricultural reform in order to address the famine and ineffective use of agricultural land by canceling redemption payments and establishing land banks; creating a positive impact and increased the agricultural production. Moreover, the creation of the Duma can actually be credited to Nicholas II. Additionally, the Czar did not trusted the Duma for their ‘unrealistic’ and hostile demands, their bias towards the aristocracy, the freedom of political debate the Duma and the fact that they were allowed to pass