1. Why did the Tsarist regime collapse in 1917?
The Tsarist regime faced significant socio-economic pressures and deep seated political challenges in Russia up to 1914. Although Tsar Nicholas II was able to survive the 1905 revolution, discontent within the empire had not been silenced by limited political reform. Russia's entry into the First World War in 1914 proved a disaster for Tsarism and in March 1917 the regime was overthrown and a temporary or...