FALL OF THE RUSSIANS

INITIAL CAUSES

• Russia suffered series defeats during the Crimean war
• They now had a poor military and inadequate troops after failed conquests
• Displayed the influence and might of western Europe over Russia
• The autocracy began to initiate reforms for political and economic systems
• Russia was a multiethnic and multinational state causing tension

INDUSTRIALIZATION

• After Crimean war, government started reforms for freeing the serfs
• Serf emancipation was used to stimulate economic and industrial growth
• This more capitalist system was formed by Sergei Witte, a minister of finance
• Serfs transitioned from agricultural practices to factory work
• Serfs slowly became discontent due to poor environments and excessively low pay

PROTEST, REPRESSION, AND REVOLT

• Protests became from many serf workers who felt the sting of unfair captialism
• Organizations like intelligentsia promoted political reform and less autocracy
• The current regime began to repress these protests, but it backfired
• Groups like the Land and Freedom party caused revolutionary turmoil
• Ended the Tsarist regime with the death of Nicholas || and Russian Empire