Russias Involvement In Ww1 Rather Than The Revolutioary Parties Caused The Collapse Of Tsarism
2. Russia’s involvement in World War 1, rather than the revolutionary parties, caused the collapse of Tsarism in February 1917.’ Discuss.
Russia’s involvement in the Great War is accepted as a major factor in the collapse of the Tsarist system but whether it takes precedence in importance over the influence of the revolutionary parties is debateable. Historians are split between those who believe that the revolution was an inevitability, which was just hastened by war and those who believe that the revolution would not have had sufficient support to succeed in a peacetime situation. There is a significant amount of evidence in favour of the latter theory.
To gain a perspective on the plausibility of this theory the situation in pre-war Russia must be compared with the situation that fostered revolution 1917. In the period between 1905 to 1914 Russia was not in a favourable state economically, politically or socially when compared to the other great powers; but progress was......
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