Tsar's contribution to his own downfall

Question 1

4 main failures of the tsar

Answer 1

personality and leadership
reform
attitude to political change
misjudgements and mistakes

Question 2

what was wrong with the tsars personality

Answer 2

weak, indecisive, stubborn
did not pay attention to the people
used repression as his main weapon - relied on the army - as if he lost the army, he would lose his power, as in 1917

Question 3

what was the tsar’s attitude to reform

Answer 3

never truly supported with or stolypin’s reforms
no real concessions to the workers regarding shorter hours etc- they were a dangerous force due to cramped living conditions - allowing them to organise strikes easily

Question 4

what was the tsars attitude to political change

Answer 4

firm believer of autocracy - resisted all ideas of change
never fully committed to the October manifesto - missed out on the support from the liberal intelligentsia
didnt really want a duma - fundamental laws showed his unwillingness to share power

Question 5

what were his misjudgements and mistakes

Answer 5

failed to realise the seriousness of the situation building in 1904
incompetence to run the government after stolypin’s death
leaving the tsarina in charge and her support for Rasputin