Why did the Tsarist autocracy collapse?

Answer 1

On Sunday, 25 February, the government suspended the Duma. Politicians spoke out against the measure. Demonstrators returned in force to the streets of the left bank on the 26th.On the 27th, the Police Headquarters were ransacked. The streets thronged with people raising slogans about bread,wages,better hours and democracy. The government tried to control the situation and called out the cavalry. However, the cavalry refused to fire on the demonstrators. An officer was shot at the barracks of a regiment and three other regiments mutinied,voting to join the striking workers. By that evening,soldiers and striking workers had gathered to form a 'soviet' or 'council' in the same building as the Duma met. This was the Petrograd soviet.

The very next day, a delegation went to see the Tsar. Military commanders advised him to abdicate. He followed their advice and abdicated on 2 March.

Answer 2

Lenin took over and the czar's entire family was killed

First, the czar fell from power in March (February by the Russia calendar at the time). An uprising forced him to abdicate and a democratic Provisional Government took his place. Lenin and the Bolsheviks overthrew that government in November, 1917. The czar did not die until July, 1918, after the outbreak of civil war.

Answer 3

Long Answer: This revolution had it's origins in Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels writings. Marx and Engels promoted the right of the proletariat to seize power over the bourgeousie. Marx and Engels wrote from early 1850's to 90's. The Communist Manifesto was a timeless piece written by Marx and Engels that described how the working class must fight to gain power. Vladimir Lenin took this idea of the proletariat revolting against the ruling bourgeousie and exploited it. The First World War was occurring at this time and Lenin saw that the ruling monarch was preoccupied, so he took control of the situation. There were riots in the streets and eventually Lenin gained power and killed the monarch and his family.

Short Answer: Vladimir Lenin was greedy and relied on the naivety of the Russian working class and peasantry to fulfill his needs. A revolution was the only way for Lenin to realize his needs of full seizure of state power.

Sources: Political Studies student. Wrote a paper on Historical Materialism.

Answer 4

Anarchy set in. Various factions, Trotzkyites, Menshaviks, White Russians attempted to take power.The Tzar and his family were murdered leaving no way back to royalty.

Answer 5

There were many causes for the revolution on Russia in March 1917. There was intense debate that could not be solved.

Answer 6

One of the major reasons as to why the Tsarist regime in Russia declined was as a result of the involvement of Russia in the World War I. The stability of Russia could not be underestimated.