Question

How did russian scholars influence the revolution?

Answer 1

Various factors led to the outbreak of the Russian Revolution :-
 - Fast growing rural population which didn't have enough agricultural land (most country's land was possessed by the government and nobility landlords)
- Poor conditions of the urban working class
- Oppression of the educated ethnic minorities (especially Jews and Poles which became able leaders of the Revolution)
- Obsolete, authoritarian and ineffective political system which had a very narrow social base (nobility and large business owners) and alienated small business owners and the middle class
- Decline of the faith and moral norms due to the corruption of the Russian Orthodox Church and restrictions of religious freedom for other confessions
- Hardships of the World War I
- Millions of weapons available in the hands of the oppressed peasants and workers due to their conscription to the army
- Negligence and poor judgment of the last Tsar Nicholas II
All those reasons combined caused the Russian Revolution of 1917