Burris: A collapse from within that transformed to be an overthrow from without...

The February Revolution originally started off being a collapse from within, and over time it transformed to be the overthrow from without…

Czar Nicholas made some very poor decisions and caused many hardships upon the largest and known to be the most dominating empire at that moment in time, Russia. Russia upheld many citizens that had a lot of nationalistic pride, and the loss of the Russo- Japanese War was a horrifying loss for the Russian empire, as it was their first loss in history…and it happened under the regulations of Czar Nicholas. This event in history caused many citizens of Russia to dislike the ruling of Czar, because it was his decision to enter the war, and Russia lost the war. It was a bad decision for Russia to enter the war as the army was “unprepared and poorly equipped” (2). On top of that muddle, Czar decided that he would “assume leadership of the military himself” (2). Czar clearly set Russia up for failure. Czar put Russia into a dilemma that could have been avoided upon Czar’s decision upon entering the war. Czar was totally inexperienced with warfare, and he lead the military, then the troops went into war with poor equipment and a un-expectancy of what types of issues they may face in the war. This was a disaster on the behalf of Czar. Czar caused Russia to discover a depression, because of his awful decision- making. A result of losing the war the “people of Russia suffered from food shortages…the food was low and the prices of food was expensive” (2). This war was not only a loss, but it was a fatal loss that would require Russia to be under new government in order for it to be reconstructed. Although Czar made poor decisions, he did attempt to recover the large discrepancy in which he had caused within Russia, “the government tried to alleviate the situation by printing more money but this merely produced an inflationary spiral” (1). Czar had the impression that printing more money would solve the issues of depression within Russia, but along with money must come value, and this is what Czar did not realize. Czar also “created the Duma with an attempt to prevent himself from making unwise decisions, and to have input from people” (1). After Czar had gotten himself in so much pity with the people of Russia, he tries to finally include the voices of the people of Russia by creating a democracy type organization, so that when issues occur the people of Russia would not only blame Czar, but they will fault the Duma as well.
Because of the fact that Czar did cause many issues within Russia, the collapse from within slowly transformed to an overthrow from without. The people of Russia threw Czar out of his position. “It is urgent that someone enjoying the confidence of the country be entrusted with the formation of a new government. There must be no delay. Hesitation is fatal” (2). The people of Russia were tired of the depression and wanted Russia to rise again and retrieve its dominance that it gave up, under the rule of Czar. And the only way to achieve that victory was for Russia to THROW HIM OUT… “To prevent a catastrophe the Tsar himself must be REMOVED BY FORCE if there is no other way” (2).

It is clear that the Feburary Revolution was created by a collapse from within tranforming into an overthrow from without because of the unstable government and poor decision making of Czar Nicholas.