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Essay / World War I: The main cause of the Russian Revolution
Russia's overthrows and shortages caused revolutionary upheavals and massive inflation, which led to a deprivation of infrastructure. During the First World War, Russian society naturally caused great discontent among the serfs. As the revolution progressed, many reforms and Tsar Nicholas II, a ruler, attempted to change the social structure and government of Russia. Among the masses there was discontent with the social system and living conditions of Russia. Workers worked and lived in appalling conditions, which played a crucial role in worsening the condition of workers and peasants. As a result, peasants were starving and Russian armies were dominated on the battlefield as much of the territory was occupied by enemies. Imperial Russia was therefore a catastrophe. Some scholars believe that despite the Russian Empire's underdeveloped economic, social, and political weakness during World War I, the Russian Empire's economic and social progress took place decades before World War I, showing that World War I was not a crucial reason for the Russian Revolution. Although one of the reasons for the Russian Revolution may have been the Tsar's private governance due to his misbehavior towards the locals, the main cause of the Russian Revolution was World War I, as the First War demonstrated the weakness of the political and economic infrastructure of the Russian government. military defeats and famine during World War I, which triggered problems on the battlefields. The war did not progress well for Russia as supplies to the Russian capital deteriorated significantly. The demands of war depleted the Russian economy and exposed restrictions on Russian manufacturing. All combatants in World War I suffered from shortages and provisions...... middle of paper ......ng World War I, which led to conflict on the battlefields. The demands of war also depleted the Russian economy and revealed the limits of Russian production. Additionally, workers in the cities worked very long hours, compounding Russia's underdeveloped infrastructure. Although there was a catastrophe in the political direction brought by the Tsar, World War I brought about revolution because the war brought the Tsar's military control to its breaking point. This illustrates that an entire society has been destroyed; therefore, poverty, crime, privilege and class divisions were to be eliminated, a new era of socialism promised peace, prosperity and equality for all people of the world. But the social experiment failed, millions were killed, and within a generation nearly a third of the world's population lived in the shadow of communism..