Nicholas II's Mistake In Bloody Sunday

On Saturday May 30, 1896, just four days after Nicholas II was crowned tsar of Russia, Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra attentended the public coronation ceremony on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia. During one of the areas of the ceremony a human stampede unfortunately occurred killing 1,389 people and injuring many more. The ceremony continued as usual, but Nicholas II would not find out about the tragedy until later that day. Instead of praying and helping out the victims, Nicholas II was persuaded by his advisors to attend a planned meeting with the French ambassador. This costly mistake automatically persuaded the mindset of the Russian people about their new tsar. Nicholas II made a big mistake in not responding or taking care of

Petersburg an event known as Bloody Sunday occurred adding a variety of mixed emotions against the tsar of Russia Nicholas II. Peace demonstrators marched the streets of St. Petersburg to improve the working conditions of the workers and to establish an assembly. Nicholas II reacted by ordering the military to go shoot the demonstrators. This order resulted in the death of more than a thousand demonstrators. The workers retaliated by going on strike throughout Russia, but once again Nicholas II used the military to calm down the strikes and try to restore order. This incident left even more people unsure about the tsar and his decisions. Another poorly decision was when Nicholas II decided to appoint himself as commander in chief of the military during World War I and left his wife Alexandra to administrate the government. These choices quickly changed the mindset of the rest of the people who supported him. Any mistakes Nicholas II made under commander of chief were highly criticized and used against him. All of these decisions and mistakes would lead Nicholas II and his family to their fateful destination on the other side of the room very

Nicholas II thought this whole situation was nonsense and unreal, but he did take the advice and disassembled the Duma the following day on March 12, 1917. “The situation is serious. Measures must be taken at once; tomorrow will be too late. The capitol is in a state of anarchy; troops of the Petrograd garrison cannot be relied upon. The Government is powerless to stop the disorder… General discontent is growing… Your majesty, do not delay. Any procrastination is tantamount to death,” according to the article, “Tsar Nicholas II - a Summary” from History in an Hour.

A few days after the telegram was sent out Nicholas II returned back to Petrograd, but his last moments of being tsar of Russia are very close by. Nicholas II was forced to abdicate the throne on March 15, 1917, because his own supporters crumbled beneath his feet. The military decided to not kill the demsonstaterors, but to rather join them in their hopefully cause of