Russia- How did WW1 lead to discontent in Russia?(not essay)

Firstly military defeats would of lead to discontent, the war had a major effect on the Russian forces as around 3.9 million men were wounded and 1.6 million men died. The care that the injured men and the families of the dead soldiers were not receiving and care or benefit from the tsars state. An example of a military defeat is the Battle of Tannenburg, This took place on the 29^th of August and a high amount of soldiers were captured, and only 10,000 out of 150,000 escaped. This was an embarrassment to the Russian army.

Secondly, the role of the Tsar and the Tsarina lead to discontent, mainly due to the fact that the Russian public thought that the Tsarina was a German spy as she was German born. This lead to people not trusting the Tsarina due to her background. Also, the Tsar and the Tsarina were not trusted as they were connected with Rasputin, Rasputin was heavily disliked by the public as he seem to have so much control over the royal family. Linked to military defeats is the fact that many members of the public hated the Tsar as they believed he was the reason that the Russian army failed so badly in the First World War, as he took control of the army over his general.

Thirdly, there was major discontent due to social economic problems. This included the food shortages that was around Russia at the time in cities, this was caused to most of the food being sent off to the front line for the troops. Moreover, conscription lead to riots in cities and towns around Russia. Rising food prices, for example flour rose in price by 99% between 1913-16, this meant that some families were unable to eat.

Finally, the failure to make political change lead to discontent, the progressive block meant that the public were just getting aggravated as during the war the people had no say in how the country was run, and the Tsar was not going to change the political system that was in place. Moreover political parties were joining together to try and make change. Again though the Tsar was not going to change his political system as he believe it was his divine right to rule Russia.