1. The Downfall of the Russian Kingdom
Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, Alexandra, had firm beliefs in the autocracy and their right to rule that derived from God. However, with growing industrialisation, a corrupt system had to be put in place to prevent any downfall of their dynasty. With the added problems of peasantry, the tsarist regime's ... restless with the need to progress. Nicholas was oblivious to this and did nothing to help the situation. Although the serfs had been emancipated their conditions were no better. The class structure of Russian society lay at two extremes and the peasants were so accustomed to this way of ...
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