The Tsars collapse in February/March 1917

The Tsars collapse in February/March 1917

1. The tsar continued to rule without taking any serious notice of them

2. In 1907 the tsar changed the voting rules so that his opponent were not elected to the dumma

3. By 1917 the tsar had lost control of Russia and abdicated

4. The tsar survived the 1905 revelouion

5. in 1906 the tsar appointed a tough new prime minister- Peter Stolypin. He used a "Carrot and Stick"approach top the problems in Russia

6. Russia problems were not solved by the abdicate of the tsar. The Duma's provisional committee took over government. It faced three overwhelmingly urgent decisions. 1) to continue war or to make peace. 2) to distribute land to the pesant or to wait until the election had been held. 3) how to get best food to the starving workers in the cities.