How Important Was the War in the Collapse of the Tsarist Regime?

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How important was the war in the collapse of the Tsarist regime? During decades historians have been considerately debating if the autocratic government of the Tsar had decayed because of the WWI or it was simply destined to fall apart. In this essay I will explain why the war was important for the collapse of the Tsarist rule, from 1905, when the troubled years began, to 1917 when the provisional government took control. The Tsarist regime was stable till the WWI started. It was a firm autocratic government. Firstly the church had many power. This legitimized the Tsar`s divine rights. Also there was a huge population, mostly Catholics, so they believed the Tsars power was provided by god so he couldn’t be mistaken. Also the Tsar had created the Okrana secret police, so he controlled all political opposition. This was useful because the intelligence couldn’t give class conscious to the lower classes because they feared the Okrana secret police was watching them. In addition an important tool to control the civilians was the huge army which was loyal to the Tsar. Although the regime had some issues like poverty, mixed nationalities and humiliations from Japan, they were steadily moving from being a prehistoric country to an industrialized empire. There was a huge economic growth because of Stolypin`s reforms, mainly on grains and coal. Everything was developing successfully in Russia until the First World War began. Russia had to waste many resources to help their allies in the war. A high percentage of Russia’s population had to fight in war. All economic growth was instantly destroyed by the severe war. The war was so severe that it brought down every country which participated in it, including the powerful Germany, the strong ally Austria Hungary, Turkey and revengeful France. Germany couldn’t feed their population because of the reparations of the war and
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