Causes of the Russian Revolution
There were a multitude of reasons for the Russian Revolution. The main reason however, was the poor leadership executed by Czar Nichols II. It was easy to see that the current Russian Government at that time was corrupt, and the people decided that they were going to do something about it. Nicholas II payed little attention to anything but his own self interests; helping the people of Russia was not one of those interests. Also, the Czar was not good at making decisions; for example, his decisions partially led to the Russo-Japanese War, which killed many Russian people. He allowed himself to be controlled by other people such as Grigori Rasputin and his wife, Alexandra Fedorovna.
Another reason for the Russian people being unhappy was the war they fought in. During WWI, the Russians lost the most soldiers out of any country in the war or any other previous war. The casualties were too great for the people to ignore, and so they decided to start a revolution against Czar Nicholas.
In 1905 on the 22nd of January on the Gregorian Calendar, a group led by Georgy Apollonovich Gapon went to the palace of the Czar in St. Petersburg to inform him of their demands. The soldiers massacred the group killing hundreds and wounding more. This caused a great anger to sweep throughout the people of Russia, and they demanded the government to be fixed. In order to fix the government, the Czar proclaimed that he would create Dumas to help solve the issue. Unfortunately for Russia, the issue was not solved and the Russian people, led by an important man named Vladimir Lenin, became even more furious with the government and eventually caused the Russian Revolution to occur.
Another reason for the Russian people being unhappy was the war they fought in. During WWI, the Russians lost the most soldiers out of any country in the war or any other previous war. The casualties were too great for the people to ignore, and so they decided to start a revolution against Czar Nicholas.
In 1905 on the 22nd of January on the Gregorian Calendar, a group led by Georgy Apollonovich Gapon went to the palace of the Czar in St. Petersburg to inform him of their demands. The soldiers massacred the group killing hundreds and wounding more. This caused a great anger to sweep throughout the people of Russia, and they demanded the government to be fixed. In order to fix the government, the Czar proclaimed that he would create Dumas to help solve the issue. Unfortunately for Russia, the issue was not solved and the Russian people, led by an important man named Vladimir Lenin, became even more furious with the government and eventually caused the Russian Revolution to occur.