Outline the problems facing the Tsarist regime during the reigns of Alexander III and Nicholas II. How successful were they in tackling these problems?

The tsarist regime had many internal problems during the reigns of Alexander III and Nicholas II. These include: economic repression, lacklustre political and social reforms and large cultural diversity. Alexander III and Nicholas II both had differing complications within the aforementioned problems and thus it becomes possible not only to outline but to conclude how successful they were in attempting to deal with them. The economy of Russia during the Tsar regime was completely backward. …

…to no end. Nicholas II failed dismally in his attempts to unify the growing cultural diversity within Russian. The continuation of the aggressive policies of Russification paved the way for the Russo-Japanese war which would then spark the various revolutions -- including the 1905 revolution. The tsarist regime was bound to fail. It developed many internal problems due to the large geographical area of Russia and the weak leaders which represented it, particularly in Nicholas II.