The nature of Nicholas II's regime and the effectiveness of his rule

PERSONALITY

• little knowledge of poverty
• tutored by those opposing reform

TSAR'S BELIEFS

• autocracy
• against reform

TSAR'S DICTATORSHIP

• okrhana
• liked censoship
• cossacks used to stop strikes
• didn't like jews- black hundreds used against them

WEAKNESSES IN THE POLITICAL SYSTEM 

• inefficient
• slow decisions
• corrupted civil service due to bribery
• Tsar was easily influencd and indecisive

THE…