Tsars qualities😆.

Cards (7)

  • Although well educated and intelligent he lacked the dynamism and imagination to take russia toward into the modern world. He adopted a number of conservative political issues and did not appear to understand the magnitude of the problems that Russia faced
  • Opposition to Nicholas II rule arose from his perceived weaknesses. Several political parties arose to organise the opposition: THE RADICALS(social democratic workers party SD) and the socialist revolutionary party (SR) and the liberal. The SD was divided into the bolsheviks and mensheviks
  • Nicholas II is often viewed by historians as naive, stupid, lacking confidence, a bad judge of people and devious
  • TSARS diaries provided details of everyday duties and events some have interpret this as evidence of an obsession of orderliness and routine matters however the diaries give little indication of the mental state of tsar
  • Nicholas was an intensely private and reserved individual. He gave little away about his true feelings and beliefs about being a tsar
  • Other records suggest Nicholas was a pleasant and gentle person who disliked confrontation this has been interpreted as meaning the star was weak willed and unable to make decisions.
  • Nicholas attitude towards governing was based on faith in God a sense of duty and a rigid belief in autocracy