Problems even a gifted Tsar would've coped with

Question 1

What were the five main problems facing the Tsar?

Answer 1

1. The problems of industrialisation and modernisation.
2. Political change.
3. Social and economic divisions and strains.
4. Opposition groups.
5. Impact of WWI.

Question 2

What did the problems of industrialisation and modernisation do?

Answer 2

Created a working class in society, who were capable of organising themselves and were in a very hostile, yet isolated position.

Question 3

What problems did political change cause?

Answer 3

The hostility to Stolypin’s reforms demonstrated the difficulty of taking a middle road, which is what the Tsar would have done to appease everyone.

Question 4

What did the social and economic divisions and strains cause?

Answer 4

Lack of improvement in living and working conditions.
Strikes.
Impact of Stolypin’s reforms on the peasantry.

Question 5

What was happening with opposition groups?

Answer 5

Development of liberal parties.

Development of revolutionary parties.

Question 6

What were the three main impacts of WWI?

Answer 6

Defeats and the impact they had on the army.
Economic disruption and the response at home.
Effect on confidence in the government.