ation and the strikers were ready to use violence against the government, this is why the army was sent to deal with them but it refused. People began hating the government and so they were doing their best to create trouble for the government and the Tsar so that he would abdicate. 3) The Mutiny in the Army: In the year 1905, the people had attempted to over throw the Tsar, however in 1905, the army was loyal to the Tsar since it was not mistreated to such an extend (as in 1917). There fore the Tsar used the Army to put down the attempted revolution by force, this is what it did, and it shot at the strikers and revolutionaries and so put down the attempted revolution by force. The Army protected the Tsar’s reign until 12th March 1917, when the generals told the Tsar that the Army no longer supports him. After the attempted revolution of 1905, the outcome of the army joining the strikers in 1917 was clear. All reasons did something for the revolution, just like in 1905, but in 1905 no revolution succeeded; for the only reason that the Army did as the Tsar had commanded. If the Army followed the Tsar’s commands and did not mutiny in 1917, no revolution would take place as long as the army was loyal to the Tsar. All the reasons already discussed had built up tension between the Tsar and his people, some may have built up less but all of them contributed to firstly, the people turning against the Tsar, and secondly, the Army turning against the Tsar. In 1905 only the people turned against the Tsar, whereas in 1917 the Army also turned against the Tsar, this was the Mutiny. As you can see, remove one of the 2 away, and no revolution would happen. The Army was the half that decided whether the Revolution would happen or not. The Mutiny in the Army was the cause that triggered the revolution. It was due to the starvation of the troops as well as the reason of going to combat without any chances of victory (theref...
