b. What attempts at reform were made after 1905?
Tsar Nicholas II celebrated 300 years of Romanov rule in 1913. The Tsarist regime survived the 1905 Revolution by promising some reform, as the military remained loyal and because his opponents lacked leadership and unity of aims. Between 1905 and 1914 the regime implemented reforms which have led some historians to argue that Tsarism could have survived had it not been for the devastating impact of the First World...