The Russian RevolutionHere are some of the causes of the Russian Revolution of March 1917:~Failures in the war~The mutiny of the army~The Tsarina and Rasputin~Food shortages~StrikesPREFACE:In 1904 The Tsar of Russia (Nicholas II) waged a war with Japan, hoping for a quick and glorious victory that would unite the country, diminish support for the tsar's opponents, and gain control over Korea and Manchuria. Unfortunately for the Tsar, the Japanese were well prepared, both industrially and militarily. The Japanese annihilated the Russian army and destroyed much of its fleet. Damaged both militarily and industrially, Russia had to sign a peace treaty. In 1905 the Tsar repressed the attempted revolution using the army loyal to him. In 1914, Russia entered the First World War, unprepared in every way, suffered countless losses, and thus all the problems that existed increased and new problems arose. The food shortage was the result of two main reasons. The first was that at that time the population of Russia was around 130 million (and growing), so a lot of food was needed to support such a large population, even though Russia was large enough to easily accommodate that amount of population, "most of its agricultural production" agricultural lands were not suitable for farming`1, this shows that agricultural lands often became overcrowded and farmers required more land. Russian farmers "used ancient agricultural techniques"2, so a farmer had very little land and used ancient agricultural techniques, drastically reducing his productivity. "The population had increased by 50% between 1860 and 1897 and was still forced... mid-paper... to abdicate. Once the public discovered that there was no one to shoot at them, the strikes they increased as people who were afraid of being shot joined the strikers. Now the Tsar no longer had the support of the population or the army and therefore was forced to abdicate on March 15, 1917..Bibliography:AUTHOR TITLE OF THE BOOK/ WEBSITE PLACE OF PUBLICATION DATE OF PUBLICATION PAGE/SDowney Tony and Nigel SmithFiehn TerryMacdonald HamishMurray JohnNigel KellyWilloughby Susan Russia and the USSR 1900-1995Oxford HistoryRussia and the USSR1905-1941Russia and the USSR;Empire of the RevolutionModern World HistoryRussia and the USSR1905-1956History by HeinemannThe Russian RevolutionHistory of Heinemannwww.bbc.co.uk/education/modern/russia/russihtm.htm#q1 OXFORDLLONDRALONDRANOXFORDOXFORD 199619961994199619961995 p12p2,p6,p32p36,p37p78,p84