Why Was Tsar Nicholas II Responsible For The Fall Of The Romanovs

During the socio-economic adversity of the World War I, Tsar Nicholas II abdicated his throne and the 300-year reign of the Romanovs came to the end. Nicholas II faced copious difficulties during the holding of his monarchical sovereignty. There were both domestic and international obstacles during his time. Although it certainly was an unprecedentedly terrible circumstance for an authoritarian like Nicholas to rule due several revolutionary movements, he, himself, was actually self-destructive, and was responsible for the fall of the Romanovs. He was not a victim of history, but the victim of his on weakness. His weakness counts for the strong belief in God-given rights, the stubbornness to win the war, and his incapability. We witnessed Russia

going from the position of preeminent power to calamity during his autocracy.
Tsar Nicholas II believed in his right to rule given by God. He was utterly conservative and so, he wanted to always hold the all of the power to himself. Even though the rise of the middle and working classes which was cracked down by the Tsar, accompanied with the revolution of 1905 following the defeat of Russo-Japanese war that forced him to finally gave up partial power to establish the Duma, a proper parliament, Nicholas, with the belief in his absolute right to rule, constrained the Duma financially and so, made the parliament loyal to his conservative policy which allowed him to continue enjoying his Tsarism. His craving for control also led to violence that is used to maintain the absolutism. It was visible, for example, in the use of Okhrana to eliminate his political oppositions. These fueled the rage and want for change in people and in the revolutionary movements like those of Lenin and Kerensky. Moreover, like in the time of War, in 1915, he left the throne to the Tsarina, the accused German spy, to take control of the army despites her incompetence, instead of leaving the governance to the suitable, and experience people. This allowed Rasputin to come into the light. With his manipulation on the Tsarina, several ministers were dismissed. This also deteriorated the accountability of Nicholas himself and of course, of the Tsarina. Alexandra, with her abysmal reputation, had very little to no influence or control over the governance. With the failing to adapt from his God-given right, Nicholas put his country and himself in peril. With his too-strong belief in God-given rights, he put himself in the verge of destruction.