Nicholas was still in danger of losing his position as Tsar when many people in his controlling power pyramid started to believe in what his opposition groups were saying.
There were seven main opposition groups with 3 predominant ones, - the Mensheviks, the Bolsheviks, and the Social Revolutionaries. These three groups all wanted to get rid of the Tsar, but the Mensheviks weren't prepared to use force, whereas the Bolsheviks and Social Revolutionaries were. There were many reasons for these groups of people to revolt, social, economic and political, and the same reasons applied to the other groups, the Middle classes, the Factory workers, the Students and the Political parties.
As the First World War continued into 1917, ordinary Russian people too were becoming downhearted, as their situation was getting worse. The army had been badly defeated in the war with more than two million killed, 2 million injured and a further 4 million taken prisoner. As the Tsar was the head of the military but had badly underestimated the losses, he had used money and resources from the people to assist the war effort. The lack of men for farming caused food prices to go up and a shortage of money meant that wages went down causing much starvation. The people began to lose trust in the Tsar, weakening his chances of staying on the throne.
Tsar Nicholas had a son, Alexis, who suffered from haemophilia and the doctors didn't know how to help him. Then a man came past saying he could help Alexis. His name was Rasputin and he helped to bring doom to Nicholas and his family. Rasputin won Tsarina Alexandria's trust and she started to ask him for political advice and gave that advice to Nicholas. As Nicholas wanted to please his wife he carried out many of things that Rasputin had suggested. The common people did not like this situation and they saw Rasputin as a threat as he was almost ruling the country. The people created a conspiracy against Rasputin and they lured him to a posh household to meet someone's nonexistent wife.
