HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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Czarina Alexandra fell under the influence of Rasputin
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Nicholas II took command the Russian forces, tying his fate to their failure
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Food and supply shortages caused discontent on the home front
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ineffective leadership and a weak infrastructure during the war led to the demise of the Romanov dynasty. World War I saw the crumbling of empires, and among those to collapse was the Russian empire of Czar Nicholas II .
Detailed explanation-2: -Russias armies lost badly in Germany and Austria between 1914 and 1916. There were over 7 million casualties by 1917.5. The destruction of crops and buildings led to over 3 million refugees in Russia. The situation discredited the government and the Tsar.
Detailed explanation-3: -During the Russian Revolution of 1917, Bolshevik revolutionaries toppled the monarchy, ending the Romanov dynasty. Czar Nicholas II and his entire family-including his young children-were later executed by Bolshevik troops.
Detailed explanation-4: -By mid-1916, two years of war had decimated the Russian economy. It triggered downturns in agrarian production, triggered problems in the transportation network, fuelled currency inflation and created critical food and fuel shortages in the cities.