In 1917 the people of Russia revolted against their who was at the time Tsar Nicholas ll in the February revolution due to his in-capabilities to rule effectively, which led him to be forced out of power and flee. WW1 was fought in 1914-1918 in which Russia was heavily a part of. The act of Russia being in this war led to millions of deaths. The leader at the time that decided to join and lose the war was Tsar Nicholar the second who was a dictator that was not prepared and also followed the autocratic government meaning he had absolute power over everything. He was a paranoid leader who was power hungry so much that he created rules to keep himself and power along with shooting his own people down. Since his inability to rule his citizens …show more content…
The tsar only cared about his power and not his people so much so he would sacrifice his own people to a war that if he thought about it more they could not win. An example of Tsar Nicholas ll being irresponsible and unprepared is in Ben Hartnell, 2011. Dr. Hartnell’s Education Revolution image that shows the reader the amount of deaths in ww1. Russia had the most casualties than any other country, being a total of 1,700,000 dead with another 5 million or so wounded, the war ended in 1918 when vladimir lenin pulled them out. This evidence furthermore expands the idea that the people revolting was good as Tsar Nicholas ll would still have stayed in that war if it weren't for the revolution that led vladimir Lenin in power it took them out of the war. So overall this text evidence shows that he was an inexperienced leader that caused many people to die. Alongside that he didn't even believe he was ready to be Tsar as stated in Tsar Nicholas II, letter to a friend, 1896 states “ “I am not yet ready to be Tsar. I know nothing of the business of ruling.” This demonstrates that he had a lack of confidence as he himself did not know how to rule. That lack of confidence would make him on edge about everything for example on Bloody sunday instead of listening to the protesters he shot them down. Overall showing that …show more content…
This is seen in “Pyramid of the Capitalist System” by Nedeljkovich, Brashich, and Kuharich, 1911 where it shows a majority of people either dead or barely up supporting the bourgeois above them. This develops the idea that the proetaliants were at the bottom of the food chain just waiting to die. So the worst thing that could happen when revolting would be to die and they are already gonna do that being in the slums. It was just a matter of time. Another reason developed through the article that justifies that russian people revolting is shown in Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto, 1848 where it states ““Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Working men of all countries, unite!” The line “lose their chains” develops the idea that the Russian people were tied down to russia and its laws along with the Tsars oppression and abuse. But if they did revolt against the tsar and won (which they did) they could lose their ties to the tsar. So overall the Russian people had nothing to lose except their lives which would already be lost with their ruler at the time, so revolting was a good