Many pre-conditions of the country of Russia may have helped lead to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II after 300 years of Romanov rule. The very nature of the empire, such as the fact that it is huge in both land area and in population made it a very difficult country to rule. To send a message from one side of the country to the other it took a week and even though the land was vast in size, only roughly five percent was usable farming land, the rest was icy tundra or taiga. This means that a tiny amount of land has to provide food for the whole population, which was simply not possible and so many people starved. Back in those days there was also a very strict class structure. The peasants and workers, who did most of the work, were situated down the bottom, next came...