In what ways the Tsars were ruling over Russia ?
Answers
Absolute monarchy
Russian people were treated very badly during the rule of the tsars. At the end of the 19th century many people in the countryside were peasants . They had little food to eat and lived in poverty. They didn’t have any power either. As society changed, more and more people started living in cities. They became factory workers and turned into a new middle class. They didn’t like the tsar and wanted more power from him.
After a small rebellion in 1905 Tsar Nicholas IIcreated a kind of parliament called the Duma. But the tsar himself was not willing to give up his power and he dissolved the Duma after a few months.
During World War I Russia’s army lost manysoldiers in their fight against the Germans. The winter of 1916/17 was very harsh and many people had little food to eat and not very much fuel to heat their houses. They wanted Russia to stop the war.
Explanation:
Autocratic government
They ran the country as autocrats. This meant that the Tsar, and only the Tsar, governed Russia: Tsars believed that they had a divine right to rule Russia, their position and power had been given to them by God.