Why Was the Tsar s Government Overthrown in March 1917
Tsar Nicholas ii had absolute power and believed in autocracy. ... Most Russians lived in poverty even before the First World War which was one cause of the downfall of the Tsar’s government. Many of the Russian people disliked the way that the Tsar ruled. The promises of the October Manifesto weren’t fulfilled and THE Tsar cheated his own people. ... The Tsar created the parliament called the DUMA AFTER THE 1905 Revolution but in reality this had very few powers. ... The wages didn’t even go up and there were strikes and workers rioted against the government.