"the war with germany was the only reason for the fall of the romanov dynasty"

Not one event can be said to cause a revolution, and many factors will accumulate to create the event of revolution. It cannot be accurately stated that the war with Germany was the only reason for revolution, and the destruction of the Romanov dynasty. World War I greatly affected on Russia’s economy, industry, agriculture, and transport, and in turn inflamed the populous and their opinion of their tsar, Nicholas II, plunged, however, the effects of war made the tsarism vulnerable.


In 1913, Russian tsarism had survived three hundred years. Before 1917, and the abdication of Nicholas II, Russian tsarism was “virtually indestructible”, as Pipes interpreted from Russian and foreign press at the time, “for had not tsarism weathered all onslaughts and all crises, and emerged from them intact?” Pipes accuracy is questionable, as public outcry against the tsar was apparent, if only in the presence of political groups calling for the end of the monarchy.


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