In March 1917, the situation for the Russians had become desperate, there was a serious mood of discontent. The climate in Russia is cold and harsh so the soil is poor making trade very difficult and sometimes not at all. The workers wanted political changes as well as food and fuel. In Petrograd as St. Petersburg had been renamed to avoid any German connection, 40,000 workers went on strike for higher wages and the people and troops overthrew the Tsar Nicholas II, as he was an autocrat absolute ruler. The outbreak of World War One had some...
at Ekaterinburg in the Urals in July 1918.

From this we can easily see that the Russian Government was poorly run, however from this evidence it is not whether that the Tsar's himself approved on the approach taken towards his dictatorship. Moreover, from our sources it is clear that, whether genetically inherited or purely leisure that violence was his way of moving himself up Russia's political hierarchy. Due to Nicholas's hatred and unpopularity his death was inevitable. Ironically, he was overthrown by his people that he was slaughtering for, thus leaving the thrown for the citizens decree.