Factors that led to the Communist Revolution in 1917
-The weakness of Tsar Nicholas II
-Russian failures in WW1
-The discontent of the peasants
-The discontent of the workers
-Rasputin and Scandal
-The February Revolution
-Rise of communism
-Failure of the Duma
Weakness of Tsar Nicholas II
-He was an absolute monarch; he had absolute power in Russia
-Church supported the Tsar “Little father of the Russian people”
-Did not make important decisions; Lenin “He was not a king”
-Appointed family and friends
-Avoided important decisions
Russian Failures in WW1
-In 1915, Tsar Nicholas II assumed personal command of the Russian armed forces
-He was not a good commander, and the Russian army lost confidence in him after a string
of serious defeats
-The Russian soldiers were poorly trained and equipped, lacking in basic items such as rifles
and ammunition, lowering the moral
-Many soldiers were deserted, left fighting for their lives, not their nation