In January 1905 the Russian army were forced to surrender their Port Arthur Naval Base. The War caused shortage of food and fuel, high prices and unemployment. Russia’s defeat made the Tsar look ‘weak’ and gave encouragement to the revolutionaries. The Russian people were starting to see the Tsar for who he really was. However, in my opinion, I think that ‘Bloody Sunday’ is a bigger factor that was responsible for the revolution.
The demoralisation of the proud Russian peoples created dissent, and discredited the Tsar. In August 1915, the Tsar left Petrograd to command the Russian army. In August 1915, the Tsar left Petrograd to command the Russian army. He therefore received the blame personally for all their defeats and lost control of his troops as he left Rasputin and the Tsarina to rule Russia. His army also consisted of millions of poor, starving peasants with bad equipment, poor supplies of rifles and ammunition.
Russia made its changes after the Cremean War. Russia not only lost, but it lost to the “inferior” Ottomans, who were bunched together by European powers with rifles, cannons, and heavy artillery. Russia knew that it couldn’t win any fights without building its own industry. Japan underwent its miracle after seeing the occupation if China by foreign powers. Not one to concede, Japan banned all foreigners aside for the Dutch, and decided to build its own military and become the empire of the east.
The Russo-Japanese War was another factor that caused opposition and unrest in Russia and it lasted from 1904 to 1905. It started because both japan and Russia wanted to expand and dominate in places like Manchuria and Korea. Russia suffered many defeats in the Russo-Japanese war, against a nation that was considered by the Russian people as inferior. This humiliated the people of Russia, and caused them to lose confidence in Tsar Nicholas II, as well as causing great military, economic, and political problems for Russia. An example of a great failure of the military was at the Battle of Tsushima.
After their win in the Russo-Japan War Japan began to try to expand their once isolated country. Differences include, Japan becoming an imperial power and undergoing political reforms while Russia was struggling to keep their territory from Western Europe. Russia could not maintain socially stability, contrary to Japan being able to maintain social cohesion. Furthermore, Japan through its reforms isolated itself from the rest of East Asia while Russia continued expanding its influence in Eastern Europe and central Asia. Japan pulled
16% of the 1.8million who died at war were conscripted and all families were somehow impacted by the war, which consequently led to a decline in the popularity of the Royal Family. People famously said “what family is going to survive war with all six sons alive?” in reference to the Kaiser’s six sons as awareness was spreading that there was an inequality of sacrifice among classes. The divisions between classes which had previously existed were now even greater. Peasantry and rural producers felt alienated by government regulations and were now hampered by the lack of labour and there was also huge resentment towards the Junkers who maintained their tax privileges until 1916. The urban working class also suffered due to the rise of the black market, which was the source of
The hyperinflation crisis, which was only solved in 1924, lasted enough time to ruin thousands of Germanic families, thus worsening the general feeling of rage against the treaty. Furthermore, the Allies’ fear towards the possibility that Germany could assemble again a menacing army forced the Weimar Republic to renounce to tanks and submarines, have
The First World War had a major effect of the Russians attitude towards the Tsar but a minor contribution to the decline and fall of the Romanov Dynasty. The Romanov Dynasty was destroyed as a result of various disastrous incidents and major mistakes made by the Tsar Nicholas the || himself. The First World War played a role in his abdication, but to a minor extent as they agitated the citizens to rise against the Tsar. Indeed the first world war had fundamental impacts upon the decline and fall of the Romanov dynasty some of these being the plummeting economy, lack of exports, and inflation. However, a major contribution to the fall of the Romanov Dynasty was the views of the Tsar in regards to the war.
In the battle of Tannenburg the loss was very drastic; 30000 men wounded or killed, 95000 captured and 500 guns. This portrays the heavy defeat that Russia and this dropped moral in the army and at home in Russia. This shows the losing of the battle created a growth in opposition against the Tsar due to the public of Russia blaming the Tsar as he commanded the troops to go to war. Peasants felt annoyed and angry and Nicholas. This strengthened the opposition against the Tsar.
This group’s aim was to spread anti-Asian propaganda and influence legislation restricting Asian immigration (Japans Pacific Onslaught). Along with racism towards immigration, Japan felt as if though they were treated inferior to the United States during the Russo-Japanese War. Japan had defeated the Russian Fleet at the Battle of Tsushima. It was the first naval defeat by an Asian power of a Western power in that period. (Vat) After that, Japan continued its naval expansion after World War I.