3.1 The End of Tsarist Rule

• Tsarist Russia had a highly egalitarian social structure.

  False
• Industrialization in Tsarist Russia eliminated rural poverty.

  False
• Match the political factor with its impact:

  Autocratic rule ↔️ Resentment and calls for reform

  Nicholas II's weak leadership ↔️ Undermined his authority

  Revolutionary movements ↔️ Sought to overthrow the Tsar

  World War I ↔️ Economic hardship and erosion of support
• Tsarist Russia was characterized by a strict autocratic rule
• The Tsar held absolute power under the system of autocratic
• Tsar Nicholas II was widely seen as a weak and ineffective leader
• What were the social and economic conditions in Tsarist Russia that led to social unrest?

  Economic inequality and poverty
• Sergei Witte's industrialization efforts eliminated rural poverty in Russia.

  False
• The social hierarchy in Tsarist Russia was characterized by a rigid class system with a privileged nobility and an impoverished peasantry
• Match the political factor with its impact on the fall of the Tsar:

  Autocratic rule ↔️ Resentment and demands for reform

  Nicholas II's weak leadership ↔️ Undermined his authority

  World War I ↔️ Heavy casualties and economic hardship

  Revolutionary movements ↔️ Overthrow the Tsar's rule
• What were the political factors that contributed to the fall of the Tsar in Russia?

  Autocratic rule and weak leadership
• Chronological order of major events in the Russian Revolution:

  1️⃣ February Revolution

  2️⃣ Abdication of Tsar Nicholas II

  3️⃣ Establishment of Provisional Government

  4️⃣ October Revolution
• The February Revolution was solely caused by economic hardship.

  False
• What were the challenges faced by the Provisional Government after the Tsar's abdication?

  Social unrest and political instability
• The Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, seized power in the October Revolution
• Order the political factors contributing to the fall of the Tsar:

  1️⃣ Autocratic rule

  2️⃣ Nicholas II's weak leadership

  3️⃣ Revolutionary movements

  4️⃣ World War I
• Sergei Witte's industrialization efforts eliminated economic inequality in Tsarist Russia.

  False
• Economic inequality in Tsarist Russia fueled social unrest and demands for political reform
• The abdication of Tsar Nicholas II in 1917 marked the end of the Romanov dynasty