s as people demanded peace. This led to more food shortages as more people went on strike. Failures in the war lead to mutiny in the army as soldiers refused getting killed without the chance of victory. This could partly share the blame for the Tsarina and Rasputin being left in charge as the Tsar left to take command of the Army because he thought he could put an end to the Failures. b) The Tsarina and Rasputin:The Tsarina and Rasputin were a short-term reason because the only time when they could cause havoc in the country was when the Tsar left in August 1915. Even though Rasputin came to power in 1911 after the assassination of Stolypin, he did not play an important role in the decisions when the Tsar was in charge. People distrusted them as the Tsarina was German and Rasputin was a mysterious figure, these also created distrust to the Tsar as he left them in charge. Tsarina was greatly influenced by Rasputin as he could control the bleeding of her hemophiliac son Alexis. Raputin influenced the Tsarina’s decision in appointing ministers and so hopeless ministers were brought to power. The people thought they were lovers and hated them even more. They made a mess of running the country, as `in two years there were four prime ministers and four ministers of war`5, this meant that no body was properly organizing the transportation of food and supplies to the cities and therefore the Tsarina and Rasputin shared the blame for food shortages, as they could not organize the transportation of food as well as stopping the strikes to get the peasants to produce food. The people created strikes demanding an end to fuel and food shortages as well as an end to the greatly costing and humiliating war and also demanding the Tsarina and Rasputin to be put down. The Tsarina could also be blamed for Failures in the war as no body was organizing the delivery of food and supplies to the front line and no munitions were made, as the Tsarina ...
