However after Karakazov attempts to assassinate the Tsar in 1866, he becomes much more autocratic, revealing that he had no intention of significantly developing politics, his use of the Zemstvas were in fact to help sustain autocracy, through making local administration more efficient. It can be suggested from this that Alexander II had put the Zemstva Act in place to appease the nobles angered by the Emancipation Act. Alexander III was much more of a successful autocrat. His reactionary attitude led to the reversal of many of his father’s liberal reforms, and was in some cases angered by them. Alexander III re-implements Tsarist form, through the use of repression and terror.
The fall of the Tsar in Russia in 1917 was the culmination of many factors. It was clear since the beginning of his reign that Nicholas II was not suited to his role as Tsar, mainly due to his character and personality. Although Nicholas II issued the October Manifesto to pacify the discontent of people temporarily, he still had to face some problems after the 1905 Revolution. To regain the support from people, he needed to carry out the reforms in the October Manifesto. His reform included different aspect; such as political, social and economic.
Before the elections Lenin repeatedly stated that the assembly was of utmost importance to the future of Russia and so allowed the elections to continue. After the votes had been counted it became obvious that the Bolsheviks did not represent the majority of Russians as they had claimed. In response to this political defeat Lenin simply ordered his troops to force the elected representatives out and closed the assembly. This event shows Lenin’s refusal to accept input from any political party other than his own Bolsheviks. It displays Lenin’s striking similarity to the way the Tsar reacted to political pressure from opposing ideologies and factions.
He pursued a policy of what has been called ‘counter reform’. Counter-reform was partly a reaction to the murder of Alexander II, but Alexander III also believed that his fathers ‘Great Reforms’ had been a mistake, weakening Tsarism and leaving it vulnerable and insecure. He introduced political repression of opponents, counter-reform, increased central control, financial reform and the policy of Russification as the core stone of his reign. His policy was to undo the reforms as far as possible. In many respects, there is no doubt that Alexander III was the most effective Tsar in such the short reign that he had.
Secondly, the fact that he introduced the Duma, but gave them near to no power, contributed to him becoming so disliked. He issued the October Manifesto on 17th October 1907, promising an elected government, but he gave himself the power to make the Duma resign, to control all that they did and to basically make them do what he wants. This again lowered the people's support for the Tsar, as he promised to make Russia more of a Democracy, as the proletariat and peasants wanted, but continued to rule it as an Autocracy, doing it the way he wanted. A third reason Tsar Nicholas II lost popularity during those nine years, is the influence of Rasputin. Rasputin was originally introduced into the Romanov family because he claimed he had religious powers and could cure the Tsar's son Alexi.
There were countless protests against the war with Japan and news of defeat after defeat only angered the Russian people more as they wanted a change in government. (This is all good, but to make it even better, Matteo could have added that the Russian people began to question the Tsar’s ability and that of his government to govern Russia). The trigger event that sparked the 1905 revolution was the Bloody Sunday massacre. A peaceful protest, led by Father Gapon, wanted to give a petition to the Tsar demanding fair changes in Russia. However, Cossack
This caused arguments within Russia as no one was really having a say on how the country should be run. Also people of Russia wanted to destroy the Tsar rule and give power to other people and to have freedom of the press and to have national parliament elections. Alexander III solutions to the problems he was having to bring in the Statue of state security which set up government-controlled courts to trial governments. This meant there could arrest people and put on trial without the need for jury. He also gave censorship of press
Nicholas II was faced with various issues during his reign from 1894-1917. His ineffectual personality was partly to blame for his ineffectual ruling. He was not able to listen to the needs of his public, and so violent uprisings such as Bloody Sunday occurred. His response was to initiate the October Manifest and the instigation of the Russian Duma, but neither of these pleased the public and so the February revolution of 1917 occurred, which ultimately created the fall of Tsar Nicholas II. Nicholas II attempted to rule Russia as an autocrat as he believed that autocracy was the only was to save Russia from anarchy.
His father put a lot of preasure on George and wanted him to be afraid of him as he was a afraid of his father. After the father dies, David is next in line for king, but he declined the position as the woman he wanted to marry had been divorced and a king is not allowed to marry a divorced woman, so he declined the position as king to marry her. After David, George was next and so he became king. World War 2 breaks out and King George is expected to make a very important speech out to the whole of England, it is his first as king so there is a lot of pressure. It is hard for him at first, but he gets through with the help of Lionel and everyone is there to congratulate him
Therefore he would not listen to other wise diplomats, such as Talleyrand. His ego and ambition got in the way of common sense and this helped to lead to his downfall and he tried the impossible, like invading Russia. Napoleon's method of enforcing his rule and ideas on all the countries he defeated also helped turn countries against him. This is because they did not always like the French way of living and this caused the people to feel bitter towards Napoleon. There are also a couple of larger factors that led to Napoleon's downfall.