Could Tsar Nicholas II have prevented the 1905 revolution?

His father also had a hand in it, but Nicholas II had looked toward the UK, France, Germany, even toward his own grandfather, he would have known better than to continue the rabid Autocracy that he was pursuing, and instead look toward getting Russia to modernise. read more

Best Answer: Nicholas was not the right man to prevent the February Revolution, he was an inept ruler who believed in his divine right to rule without a parliament. But it was by no means inevitable, even as late as January 1917 he could have quashed the desire for change. read more

The Russian Revolution of 1905 was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of the Russian Empire, some of which was directed at the government. It included worker strikes, peasant unrest, and military mutinies. read more