Causes of The Russian Revolution

World War 1 had caused even more chaos. The high demand for factory production of war supplies caused many labor riots and strikes and additionally, because factory workers were needed, peasants moved out of the country and into the cities soon becoming overpopulated. Living conditions rapidly grew worse and by 1917, famine began to threaten many larger cities.

There is also a political aspect to the causes of the Russian Revolution. Essentially, it was a combination or the result of the social and economic problems that had been created by the dictatorship of the Czar, Nicholas II.

Most men were working 12 to 14 hour days and health and safety were dismal as well as low wages. Strikes and protests were a continuous battle for the Czar though majority of these were either ignored or broken up, often violently.

In 1915, Nicholas decided to take direct command of the army and personally oversaw Russia’s main warfront which left his incapable wife, Alexandra, in charge of the government. By the end of October 1916, Russia had lost between 1.6 and 1.8 million soldiers as well as two million prisoners of war and one million who had gone missing. The State Duma, the lower class Russian parliament which was comprised of townspeople, industrial workers and peasants, warned Nicholas in November 1916 that the country must rule under the constitutional form of government. Nicholas ignored them and as a result, the Czarist regime in Russia collapsed only a few months later during the February Revolution of 1917.

The Russian Revolution, or Revolutions, was caused by economic, political and social problems that had been occurring for short, medium and long periods of time and did not just occur suddenly. The Revolutions were planned meticulously by leaders in Russia and the time that they took place is of high importance.